Ordered that the orders are affirmed insofar as appealed from, without costs or disbursements.
A family offense must be established by a "fair preponderance of the evidence" (Family Ct Act § 832). Here, the evidence at a hearing, which included inconsistent out-of-court statements by the subject child, and an absence of supporting evidence, did not satisfy that burden. Further, the determination of the Family Court, in effect, denying the mother's petition, inter...
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