MATTER OF KRYSTAL N.

Docket Nos. NA-12901/16, NA-12902/16. Appeal No. 13647. Case No. 2020-00684.

193 A.D.3d 602 (2021)

142 N.Y.S.3d 808

2021 NY Slip Op 02476

In the Matter of Krystal N. and Another, Infants. Juan R., Appellant; Administration for Children's Services, Respondent.

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

Decided April 22, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven P. Forbes , Jamaica, for appellant.

James E. Johnson , Corporation Counsel, New York ( Deborah E. Wassel of counsel), for respondent.

Dawne A. Mitchell , The Legal Aid Society, New York ( Polixene Petrakopoulos of counsel), attorney for the child Krystal N.

Leslie S. Lowenstein , Woodmere, attorney for the child James R.

Concur—Acosta, P.J., Renwick, Singh, Moulton, JJ.


The Family Court properly concluded that the child's out-of-court statements were properly corroborated (Family Ct Act § 1046[a][vi]; Matter of Nicole V., 71 N.Y.2d 112, 118-119 [1987]) by the testimony of her brother, the ACS's caseworker, and the 911 tape (see Matter of Samantha F. [Edwin F.], 169 A.D.3d 549, 549-550 [1st Dept 2019], lv dismissed 33 N.Y.3d 1042 [2019]). Moreover...

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