In re Yahlis M.

Order, Family Court, New York County (Rhoda J. Cohen, J.), entered on or about August 24, 2005, which, insofar as appealed from, after a fact-finding hearing, determined that respondent-appellant severely abused her daughter Yahnlis M. and deriva*377tively severely abused her daughter Kimberly M. and that both children were neglected, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

Appellant mother was not denied her due process right to present a defense when the court denied her application to retain an expert psychologist to put forth a battered woman syndrome defense. The admission of such expert…