Legal Opinion
In re Poli K.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided November 21, 2006PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Order, Family Court, New York County (Sara E Schecter, J.), entered on or about February 1, 2005, which, insofar as appealed from, found that respondent neglected the child Poli by inflicting excessive corporeal punishment and made derivative findings of neglect with respect to the children Habib and Subeka, unanimously affirmed, without costs.
The finding of excessive corporeal punishment is supported by a preponderance of the evidence, namely, Poli’s hearsay statements to petitioner’s caseworker that respondent repeatedly hit her with a sneaker and toilet plunger handle over a period of 20…
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