MATTER OF JEREMY M.

2571.

145 A.D.3d 637 (2016)

2016 NY Slip Op 08951

42 N.Y.S.3d 807

In the Matter of JEREMY M., JR., and Another, Children Alleged to be Neglected. ROQUE A.M., Appellant; ADMINISTRATION FOR CHILDREN'S SERVICES, Respondent.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department.

Decided December 29, 2016.


The children's corroborated statements to the caseworker about the father's alcohol abuse and its effect upon them were appropriately considered as evidence supporting the finding of neglect (Family Ct Act § 1046 [a] [vi]; Matter of Nicole V., 71 N.Y.2d 112, 118-119 [1987]). Moreover, they established by a preponderance of the evidence the presumption that the father neglected the children (Family Ct Act § 1046 [a] [iii...

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