Matter of Nyair J. (Vernon J.)

Appeal by the father and cross appeal by the petitioner from an order of the Family Court, Kangs County (Barbara Salinitro, J.), dated July 14, 2016. The order, insofar as appealed from, after a fact-finding hearing, found that the father abused and neglected the child Nyair J. The order, insofar as cross-appealed from, after the fact-finding hearing and upon a finding that the petitioner failed to establish that the father derivatively abused or neglected the child Nasir O., dismissed the amended petition relating to that child insofar as asserted against the father.

Ordered that the order is…