In re Shawn P.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
—Order unanimously affirmed without costs. Memorandum: Respondent appeals from an order of fact-finding and disposition of Family Court determining, following a hearing, that respondent had sexually abused his girlfriend’s two children. Upon our review of the record, we conclude that the findings of abuse are supported by a preponderance of the evidence (see, Family Ct Act § 1046 [b] [i]; Matter of Philip M., 82 NY2d 238, 243-244; Matter of Nicole V., 71 NY2d 112, 117). The children’s out-of-court statements were sufficiently corroborated by the validation testimony of petitioner’s expert…
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