MATTER OF ALEXANDER B.

Docket Nos. NA-31586-88/16, NA-11927/16. Appeal No. 14132-14132A. Case No. 2020-04445.

195 A.D.3d 566 (2021)

146 N.Y.S.3d 480

2021 NY Slip Op 04102

In the Matter of Jason Alexander B. and Others, Children Alleged to be Abused and Neglected. Antonio G., Also Known as Jorge G., Appellant; Administration for Children's Services, Respondent, et al., Respondent.

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

Decided June 29, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven N. Feinman , White Plains, for appellant.

James E. Johnson , Corporation Counsel, New York ( Rebecca L. Visgaitis of counsel), for respondent.

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

Concur—Manzanet-Daniels, J.P., Kern, Mazzarelli, Shulman, JJ.


The Family Court's determination that respondent sexually abused and neglected Jason and Damira is supported by a preponderance of the evidence, and the testimony of the children was not necessary to make a fact-finding determination of abuse or neglect (Family Ct Act § 1046[a][vi]; [b][i]). The court properly found that Damira's detailed out-of-court statements were sufficiently corroborated by the expert testimony of a licensed clinical social worker with a specialty...

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