In re Joseph H.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
—Order unanimously affirmed without costs. Memorandum: Family Court properly denied the motion of respondent to suppress his statement to the police. The *1038court’s findings are "entitled to great deference” (Matter of Larry R., 222 AD2d 220) and are fully supported by the record.
The court also properly denied respondent’s motion to dismiss the petition as jurisdictionally defective for failure to comply with the requirements of Family Court Act § 311.2. A petition is facially sufficient when it contains, inter alia, "non-hearsay allegations of the factual part of the petition or of any…
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