Matter of Jermaine J. (Howard J.)

Order, Family Court, New York County (Clark V Richardson, J.), entered on or about April 16, 2013, which, after a fact-finding hearing, determined that respondent father neglected the subject child by inflicting excessive corporal punishment upon the child, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

Petitioner established by a preponderance of the evidence that the father neglected the child by hitting him with a belt, punching him in the face and stomach, and kicking him in the leg (see Family Ct Act §§ 1012 [{]; 1046 [b]). The child’s out-of-court statements were corroborated by the caseworker,…