IN RE DEREK

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Docket Number

Nos. 2007-02277, (Docket Nos. N-02580-05, N-02581-05, N-02582-05, N-02583-05).

Attorney(S)

Zvi Ostrin, New York, N.Y., for appellant. Michael A. Cardozo, Corporation Counsel, New York, N.Y. (Leonard Koerner and Pamela Seider Dolgow of counsel), for respondent. Catherine S. Bridge, Staten Island, N.Y., for Derek J. Steven Banks, New York, N.Y. (Tamara A. Steckler and Susan Clement of counsel), for Devon M., Devoniqaua M., and Devonique M.

Judges

Peter B. Skelos
Thomas A. Dickerson

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In the Matter of DEREK J., a Child Alleged to be Neglected. Administration for Children's Services, Respondent; DINA J., Appellant. (Proceeding No. 1.) In the Matter of DEVON M., a Child Alleged to be Neglected. ADMINISTRATION FOR CHILDREN'S SERVICES, Respondent; DINA J., Appellant. (Proceeding No. 2.) In the Matter of DEVONIQAUA M., a Child Alleged to be Neglected. ADMINISTRATION FOR CHILDREN'S SERVICES, Respondent; DINA J., Appellant. (Proceeding No. 3.) In the Matter of DEVONIQUE M., a Child Alleged to be Neglected. ADMINISTRATION FOR CHILDREN'S SERVICES, Respondent; DINA J., Appellant. (Proceeding No. 4.).

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

Contrary to the mother's contention, the Family Court's finding of neglect as to the children Devon M. and Devonique M. based on her use of excessive corporal punishment is supported by a preponderance of the evidence ( see Family Ct Act § 1012 [f] [i] [B]; § 1046 [b] [i]). The out-of-court statements of those children that their mother beat them with a wire or belt were sufficiently corroborated by the caseworker's observations of the injuries and the nurses' reports of the injuries ( see Family Ct Act § 1046 [b] [i]; Matter of Joshua B., 28 AD3d 759; Matter of Joseph O., 28 AD3d 562; Matter of Sheneika V., 20 AD3d 541; Matter of Jonathan W., 17 AD3d 374). Furthermore, because the mother's conduct towards Devon M. and Devonique M. demonstrated a fundamental defect in her understanding of parental duties relating to the care of children, there was sufficient evidence to make a finding of derivative neglect as to Derek J. and Devoniqaua M. ( see Family Ct Act § 1046 [a] [i]; see also Matter of Joshua R., 47 AD3d 465; Matter of Jasmine A., 18 AD3d 546; Matter of Christina Maria C, 89 AD2d 855)

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