Legal Opinion

In re Isaiah F.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided December 22, 2009PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

The court correctly found appellant Anita T. to be a person legally responsible for the subject children (see Matter of Yolanda D., 88 NY2d 790, 796 [1996]).

The findings of neglect are supported by a preponderance of the evidence that sexual abuse occurred, including testimony by *628a mental health expert based on independent observations of the children, Isis’s demonstration to the expert using anatomically correct dolls corroborating her prior, consistent, independently recalled out-of-court statements regarding the abuse, and Isaiah’s out-of-court statements corroborating Isis’s account of…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. In re Nicole V.New York Court of Appeals · 1987
  2. Matter of Yolanda D.New York Court of Appeals · 1996
  3. In re Pearl M.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2007
  4. In re Najam M.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1996

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Matter of Alexis W. (Efrain v.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2018

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