It is hereby ordered that the order so appealed from is unanimously affirmed without costs.
Memorandum: Respondent father appeals from an order that, inter alia, determined that he derivatively abused and neglected the subject child. We affirm for reasons stated in the February 10, 2016 bench decision at Family Court. We add only that the father did not "`demonstrate the absence of strategic or other legitimate explanations' for counsel's alleged shortcomings at the...
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