Matter of Delilah D. (Richard D.)

Appeal by the father from an order of fact-finding of the Family Court, Orange County (Lori Currier Woods, J.), dated July 29, 2016. The order, insofar as appealed from, after a fact-finding hearing, found that the father derivatively neglected the subject child.

Ordered that the order of fact-finding is reversed insofar as appealed from, on the law, without costs or disbursements, the petition is denied insofar as asserted against the father, and the proceeding is dismissed insofar as asserted against him.

In July 2015, the Orange County Department of Social Sér-vices (hereinafter DSS) filed a…