MATTER OF IDRIS A.W.

Docket Nos. NN-3905/18, NN-3906/18. Appeal No. 14441-14441A. Case No. 2020-03170.

198 A.D.3d 556 (2021)

152 N.Y.S.3d 888

2021 NY Slip Op 05804

In the Matter of Idris A.W. and Another, Children Alleged to be Neglected. Diadou W., 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

Larry S. Bachner , New York, for appellant

Georgia M. Pestana , Corporation Counsel, New York ( Jane L. Gordon of counsel), for respondent.

Law Office of Lewis S. Calderon, Jamaica ( Lewis S. Calderon of counsel), attorney for the child, Idris A. W.

Dawne A. Mitchell , The Legal Aid Society, New York ( John A. Newbery of counsel), attorney for the child, Malik T. W.

Concur— Renwick, J.P., Kapnick, Scarpulla, Rodriguez, Higgitt, JJ.


A preponderance of the evidence supports the finding that respondent neglected her eldest son. The child's out-of-court statement was sufficiently corroborated by her younger son's out-of-court statements, submitted through the caseworker's and nonrespondent father's testimony, as well as hospital records (see Matter of Antonio S. [Antonio S., Sr.], 154 A.D.3d 420, 420 [1st Dept 2017]). There exists no basis for disturbing the court...

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