| Matter of Michael F. |
| 2008 NY Slip Op 03216 [50 AD3d 796] |
| April 8, 2008 |
| Appellate Division, Second Department |
| In the Matter of Michael F., a Child Alleged to be Neglected.Suffolk County Department of Social Services, Respondent; Terrell R., Appellant. (ProceedingNo. 1.) In the Matter of Terrell R., a Child Alleged to be Neglected. Suffolk County Departmentof Social Services, Respondent; Terrell R., Appellant. (Proceeding No.2.) |
—[*1] Christine Malafi, County Attorney, Central Islip, N.Y. (Jeffrey P. Tavel of counsel), forrespondent. Robert C. Mitchell, Central Islip, N.Y. (Diane B. Groom of counsel), attorney for thechild.
In two related child protective proceedings pursuant to Family Court Act article 10, TerrellR. appeals, as limited by his brief, from so much of an order of fact-finding and disposition of theFamily Court, Suffolk County (Freundlich, J.), entered May 4, 2007, as, after fact-finding anddispositional hearings and upon a decision of the same court dated May 3, 2007, found that hehad neglected the subject children.
Ordered that on the Court's own motion, the notice of appeal from the decision dated May 3,2007, is deemed a premature notice of appeal from the order of fact-finding and dispositionentered May 4, 2007 (see CPLR 5520 [c]; Matter of Andrew B.-L., 43 AD3d 1046 [2007]); and it is further,[*2]
Ordered that the order of fact-finding and disposition isaffirmed insofar as appealed from, without costs and disbursements.
The Family Court's finding that the subject child Michael F. was neglected, and that thesubject child Terrell R. was derivatively neglected, based on incidents of domestic violence bythe appellant against the children's mother in Michael F.'s presence is supported by apreponderance of the evidence (seeMatter of Andrew Y., 44 AD3d 1063, 1064 [2007]; Matter of Astrid C., 43 AD3d 819, 821 [2007]; Matter of Andrew S., 43 AD3d1170 [2007]). Contrary to the appellant's contention, Michael F.'s out-of-court statementswere sufficiently corroborated (seeMatter of Beverly R., 38 AD3d 668, 670 [2007]; Matter of Michelle L., 24 AD3d 443, 444 [2005]; Matter ofKhadryah H., 295 AD2d 607, 608 [2002]). Rivera, J.P., Lifson, Florio and Chambers, JJ.,concur.