In re Anjanne J.

Order, Family Court, New York County (Rhoda J. Cohen, J.), entered on or about January 3, 2006, finding that respondent-appellant derivatively neglected the subject child based on his abuse of the child’s half *408sister, unanimously reversed, on the law, without costs, the finding of neglect vacated and the petition dismissed.

It is not legally possible to find abuse of a child by a person who is not legally responsible for the child’s care (Family Ct Act § 1012 [a]; see Matter of R./C. Children, 303 AD2d 172 [2003]). Therefore, as petitioner concedes, Family Court’s unchallenged finding that…