In re Sarah K.

*276OPINION OF THE COURT

Francis A. Affronti, J.

By petition filed May 10, 1988 and amended on May 24, 1988, the petitioner, Monroe County Department of Social Services, alleges that Sarah K., born on June 30, 1986, and James K., born on July 7, 1987, are abused children. Specifically, it is argued that the respondent mother created or allowed "to be created a substantial risk of physical injury to such children] by other than accidental means which would be likely to cause death or serious or protracted disfigurement, or protracted impairment of physical or emotional health or protracted loss or…