In re Alexis S.

In related child protective proceedings pursuant to Family Court Act article 10, the father appeals, as limited by his brief, from so much of an order of fact-finding of the Family Court, Westchester County (Malone, J.), entered January 28, 2013, as, after a fact-finding hearing, found that he abused and neglected the child Alexis S. and derivatively neglected the children Mariah S. and Mekhai S.

Ordered that the order of fact-finding is affirmed insofar as appealed from, without costs or disbursements.

A child’s prior out-of-court statements may provide the basis for a finding of abuse,…