In re Arielle LL.

We respectfully dissent. “A child’s unsworn out-of-court statement relating to abuse or neglect may be introduced into evidence at a fact-finding hearing and, if sufficiently corroborated, will support a finding of abuse or neglect * * *” (Matter of Stephen GG., 279 AD2d 651, 652 [citation omitted]). To that end, Family Court Act § 1046 (a) (vi) broadly provides that “[a]ny other evidence tending to support the reliability of the previous statements * * * shall be sufficient corroboration,” and the case law makes clear that such corroboration may take many forms, including medical evidence…