MATTER OF M.S.

Docket Nos. NA-14297/18, NA-14298/18. Appeal No. 14420. Case No. 2020-02389.

198 A.D.3d 547 (2021)

152 N.Y.S.3d 813

2021 NY Slip Op 05795

In the Matter of M.S. and Another, Children Alleged to be Abused and Neglected. Andrew S., Appellant; Administration for Children's Services, Respondent.

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

Decided October 21, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven N. Feinman , White Plains, for appellant.

Georgia M. Pestana , Corporation Counsel, New York ( Deborah E. Wassel of counsel), for respondent.

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

Concur—Acosta, P.J., Manzanet-Daniels, Kern, Oing, Kennedy, JJ.


Family Court's determination that respondent sexually abused his stepdaughter, E.G., and derivatively neglected his son, M.S., is supported by a preponderance of the evidence (Family Ct Act § 1046[a][vi]; [b][i]). E.G.'s out-of-court statements made in two videotaped interviews were sufficiently corroborated by the expert testimony of the supervising clinical specialist, who treated E.G. after her disclosure of the abuse,...

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