In re Alexander J.S.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
In two related child protective proceedings pursuant to Family Court Act article 10, the father appeals from a fact-finding order of the Family Court, Suffolk County (Whelan, J.), dated August 18, 2009, which, after a hearing, found that he neglected Juliet S. and derivatively neglected Alexander S.
Ordered that the fact-finding order is reversed, on the law, without costs or disbursements, the petitions are denied, and the proceedings are dismissed.
Parents possess a right to use reasonable physical force to discipline their children (see Matter of Isaiah S., 63 AD3d 948, 949 [2009]; see also…
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