Ordered that the order of disposition is affirmed, without costs or disbursements.
A child's out-of-court statements may form the basis for a finding of abuse and neglect as long as they are sufficiently corroborated by other evidence tending to support the reliability of the child's statements (see Family Ct Act § 1046 [a] [vi]; [b] [i]). Contrary to the mother's contention, the social worker's personal observations of the child's injuries and the child...
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