In re Linda C.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Levine, J.
The primary issue before us is the validity of the statutory standard of proof in a proceeding under article 10 of the Family Court Act, authorizing the Family Court to make a finding of child abuse on the basis of a preponderance of the evidence (Family Ct Act, § 1046, subd [b], par [i]). Respondent was found to have committed an act of abuse upon his 11-year-old daughter, based almost entirely on her testimony at the hearing concerning sexual molestation and the written statement to the same effect which *357she gave to the Department of Social Services, admissible…
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