Opinion
March 29, 1995
Appeal from the Family Court, Kings County (Greenbaum, J.).
Ordered that the order is affirmed, without costs or disbursements.
The petitioner proved by a preponderance of the evidence that the subject children were abused by their father, the appellant (see, Matter of Tammie Z., 66 N.Y.2d 1). The court properly considered that the appellant had been convicted of criminal charges of raping his daughter numerous times in making its finding that the subject children were abused since the criminal convictions were based upon the same facts alleged in the petitions (see, Matter of Suffolk County Dept. of Social Servs. v. James M., 188 A.D.2d 603, mod 83 N.Y.2d 178; Matter of Rosie B., 154 A.D.2d 900; Matter of Denise J., 133 A.D.2d 687; Matter of Princess CC., 120 A.D.2d 917). Additionally, the children's out of court statements cross-corroborated each other and were further corroborated by the medical records of the daughter (see, Family Ct Act § 1046 [a] [vi]; Matter of Nicole V., 71 N.Y.2d 112).
The appellant's remaining contentions are without merit. Sullivan, J.P., Lawrence, Copertino and Joy, JJ., concur.