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Matter of Shameka

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Feb 26, 1996
224 A.D.2d 700 (N.Y. App. Div. 1996)

Opinion

February 26, 1996

Appeal from the Family Court, Queens County (Sparrow, J.).


Ordered that the order of disposition is affirmed insofar as appealed from, without costs or disbursements.

The determinations by the Family Court that Shameka's maternal grandfather had sexually abused her and that the appellant had neglected and derivatively abused Shameka are supported by a preponderance of the evidence (see, Family Ct Act § 1046 [b] [i]; Matter of Nicole V., 71 N.Y.2d 112, 117). Moreover, notwithstanding the appellant's claims to the contrary, Shameka's out-of-court statements regarding the maternal grandfather's abuse were sufficiently corroborated by, inter alia, Shameka's use of dolls to reenact the sexual abuse (see, Matter of Josephine G., 218 A.D.2d 656; Matter of Racielli C., 215 A.D.2d 477).

The appellant's remaining contentions are without merit. Rosenblatt, J.P., Miller, Ritter and Friedmann, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

Matter of Shameka

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Feb 26, 1996
224 A.D.2d 700 (N.Y. App. Div. 1996)
Case details for

Matter of Shameka

Case Details

Full title:In the Matter of SHAMEKA W., Appellant

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

Date published: Feb 26, 1996

Citations

224 A.D.2d 700 (N.Y. App. Div. 1996)
638 N.Y.S.2d 925