In re Starchana B.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
In three related child sexual abuse and neglect proceedings pursuant to Family Court Act article 10, the petitioner and the Law Guardian separately appeal from an order of the Family Court, Westchester County (Cooney, J.), entered March 1, 1996, which, after a fact-finding hearing, dismissed the petitions.
Ordered that the order is affirmed, without costs or disbursements.
Although we agree with the petitioner that evidence was submitted which, if credited, could have sustained a finding that the father sexually abused Starchana B., the court found Starchana B.’s testimony to be completely…
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