The finding of neglect is supported by a preponderance of the evidence (Family Ct Act § 1046 [b] [i]), including the caseworker's testimony that respondent permitted her husband to babysit for one of the children even though the husband had thrown lighter fluid on respondent and had threatened to set her and the stepchildren on fire, had "poked" one of the stepchildren with a knife when the child tried to intervene in a fight between respondent and the husband, and used...
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