In re Chelsey B.

Memorandum:

Respondent father appeals from an order of fact-finding determining that his older daughter is a severely abused child and that his younger daughter is derivatively abused. We note at the outset that Family Court subsequently issued separate orders of “fact-finding and disposition” with respect to each child, and we therefore exercise our discretion to deem the father to have taken appeals from those orders (see generally Family Ct Act § 1112 [a]; Matter of Ariel C.W.-H. [Christine W.], 89 AD3d 1438 [Nov. 10, 2011]).

We reject the father’s contention in appeal No. 1 that the finding…