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Matter of Adeline

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Fourth Department
Mar 8, 1991
171 A.D.2d 1033 (N.Y. App. Div. 1991)

Opinion

March 8, 1991

Appeal from the Monroe County Family Court, Sciolino, J.

Present — Doerr, J.P., Boomer, Green, Balio and Davis, JJ.


Order unanimously affirmed without costs. Memorandum: We agree, for the reasons stated by Family Court, that Robert H. was a proper respondent in this sexual abuse proceeding pursuant to article 10 of the Family Court Act. The finding of abuse by Robert H. and Wayne H. was not against the weight of the evidence, and the evidence supported a finding that the out-of-court statements of the mentally retarded child were reliable. Even discounting the validation testimony by the expert, we find that the child's out-of-court statements were sufficiently corroborated.


Summaries of

Matter of Adeline

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Fourth Department
Mar 8, 1991
171 A.D.2d 1033 (N.Y. App. Div. 1991)
Case details for

Matter of Adeline

Case Details

Full title:In the Matter of ADELINE H., a Child Alleged to be Abused

Court:Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Fourth Department

Date published: Mar 8, 1991

Citations

171 A.D.2d 1033 (N.Y. App. Div. 1991)