The finding that the father sexually abused one daughter and derivatively neglected another daughter was supported by a preponderance of the evidence (Family Ct Act § 1012 [e] [iii]; [f] [i] [B]; § 1046 [b] [i]). The daughter's out-of-court statements were corroborated by a child sexual abuse expert, who, after evaluating the child, concluded that she had been abused. Such corroboration included assessing the child's demeanor, intelligence, memory, language, the...
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