MATTER OF JAYLINA B.

Docket Nos. NA-40520/15, NA-40521/15. Appeal No. 13668. Case No. 2020-01300.

193 A.D.3d 609 (2021)

142 N.Y.S.3d 815

2021 NY Slip Op 02486

In the Matter of Jaylina B. and Another, Children Alleged to be Abused. Clayson N., Appellant; Administration for Children's Services, Respondent, et al., Nonrespondent.

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

Decided April 27, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Larry Bachner , New York, for appellant.

James E. Johnson , Corporation Counsel, New York ( Jessica Miller of counsel), for respondent.

Dawne A. Mitchell , The Legal Aid Society, New York ( Amy Hausknecht of counsel), attorney for the children.

Concur—Gische, J.P., Kern, Mazzarelli, Kennedy, JJ.


The Family Court properly concluded that respondent's stepdaughter'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]). The court properly considered the child's detailed out-of-court statements, along with the testimony of her mother and the ACS child protective specialist (see Matter of Samantha F. [Edwin F.], 169 A.D...

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