In re Sonia C.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
Order, Family Court, New York County (Rhoda J. Cohen, J.), entered on or about July 1, 2009, which denied the petition and dismissed the allegations of sexual abuse and neglect against respondents, unanimously affirmed, without costs.
Although a trial court’s findings on credibility should rarely be disturbed, they must still be supported by the record (Matter *469of Melissa P., 261 AD2d 141, 142 [1999], lv denied 95 NY2d 762 [2000]; Matter of Dora F., 239 AD2d 228, 230 [1997], lv denied 92 NY2d 805 [1998]). Here, the record supports the court’s conclusion that sexual abuse was not established in…
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