In re Pederson

OPINION OF THE COURT

Philip C. Segal, J.

In this child protective proceeding (Family Ct Act art 10), petitioner, New York City Administration for Children’s Ser*487vices, moves for an order compelling respondents to submit to pretrial dental examinations in which dental molds or impressions of respondents’ teeth would be made (see People v Middleton, 54 NY2d 42 [1981]). For the following reasons, the motion is granted.

The verified petition alleges, among other things, that: (i) respondents’ three-year-old son was found during a medical examination to have adult human bite marks on his right…