The court correctly found that petitioner agency proved derivative neglect of the subject children by a preponderance of the admissible evidence showing that respondents had neglected the children's older siblings (see Family Ct Act §§ 1012 [f]; 1046[a][i]; [b]). The records concerning the older siblings were contained in the Connecticut Department of Children and Families' (DCF) file of a 2014 proceeding in Connecticut, which petitioner introduced into evidence...
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