The finding of abuse was supported by a preponderance of the evidence (Family Ct Act § 1046 [b] [i]). Petitioner made a prima facie showing that a transverse fracture of the femur, such as the one sustained by the 16-month-old subject boy, would ordinarily not have been sustained except by reason of a caretaker's acts or omissions, and that respondent was the child's caretaker at the time the injury occurred (see Matter of Philip M.,
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