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MATTER OF LEILANI D.

Docket No. NN-08327/17. Appeal No. 12819. Case No. 2019-03532.

190 A.D.3d 478 (2021)

135 N.Y.S.3d 812

2021 NY Slip Op 00110

In the Matter of Leilani D., a Child Alleged to be Neglected. Linsford D., Appellant; Administration for Children's Services, Respondent.

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

Decided January 12, 2021.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Law Office of Thomas R. Villecco, P.C., Jericho ( Thomas R. Villecco of counsel), for appellant.

James E. Johnson , Corporation Counsel, New York ( Julia Bedell of counsel), for respondent.

Janet Neustaetter , The Children's Law Center, Brooklyn ( Chai Park of counsel), attorney for the child.

Concur—Renwick, J.P., Kern, Mazzarelli, Kennedy, Shulman, JJ.

The court's finding of neglect was supported by a preponderance of the evidence that the father compelled the child to lie about alleged abuse sustained while in the mother's care to please him, or otherwise risk his anger or have him withhold treats and, on multiple occasions, subjected the child to multiple medical examinations and forensic interviews based on such unfounded allegations of abuse (see Matter of Ruth Joanna O.O. [Melissa O.], 149 A...

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