Opinion
No. 2005-08283.
April 17, 2007.
In a child protective proceeding and related proceedings pursuant to Family Court Act article 10, Kenneth E. appeals, as limited by his brief, from so much of an order of fact-finding and disposition of the Family Court, Orange County (Kiedaisch, J.), entered June 13, 2005, as, after fact-finding and dispositional hearings, found that he had sexually abused the child Amber B.
Philip H. Schnabel, Chester, N.Y., for appellant.
David Darwin, County Attorney, Goshen, N.Y. (Peter R. Schwarz of counsel), for petitioner-respondent.
Before: Rivera, J.P., Dillon, Angiolillo and Dickerson, JJ.
Ordered that the order of fact-finding and disposition is affirmed insofar as appealed from, without costs or disbursements.
The Family Court's finding that the appellant sexually abused the child Amber B. was supported by a preponderance of the evidence ( see Matter of Sanjeeda M., 24 AD3d 445; Matter of Shavar B., 7 AD3d 619, 620). Contrary to the appellant's contention, Amber B.'s out-of-court statements were corroborated by several sources, including the validating testimony of the child abuse expert and the testimony of a Department of Social Services caseworker ( see Matter of Nicole V, 71 NY2d 112, 117-119; Matter of Sanjeeda M., supra; Matter of Shavar B., supra).