In re L. Children

— Order of the Family Court, Bronx County (Philip Segal, J.), entered October 21, 1991, which dismissed three child neglect petitions, is unanimously reversed, on the law and facts and in the exercise of discretion, without costs, the petitions reinstated and remanded for further proceedings in the Family Court.

Three child neglect petitions were brought by the Commissioner of Social Services alleging that respondent Richie I. inflicted excessive physical punishments on the three children and used illegal drugs in the home and that the respondent *625mother Lillian T. failed to protect the…