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MATTER OF TRAVIS S.

Docket No. NA-28687/18. Appeal No. 15473-15473A. Case No. 2021-00667.

203 A.D.3d 478 (2022)

163 N.Y.S.3d 75

2022 NY Slip Op 01429

In the Matter of Travis S., a Child Alleged to be Abused. Moezel J., Appellant; Taijon S. et al., Respondents; Administration for Children's Services, Respondent.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department.

Decided March 8, 2022.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Law Office of Thomas R. Villecco, P.C., Jericho (Thomas R. Villecco of counsel), for appellant.

Steven N. Feinman, White Plains, for Taijon S., respondent.

Georgia M. Pestana, Corporation Counsel, New York (Diana Lawless of counsel), for Administration for Children's Services, respondent.

Dawne A. Mitchell, The Legal Aid Society, New York (Diane Pazar of counsel), attorney for the child.

Concur—Acosta, P.J., Renwick, Webber, Kern, Friedman, JJ.

A preponderance of the evidence supports the Family Court's finding of abuse (see Family Ct Act § 1046[b][i]). Petitioner made a prima facie showing of abuse through medical records and expert medical testimony establishing that the six-week-old child presented to the hospital with a left eye injury, bruising, and a distended stomach and was found to be underweight and to have healing rib fractures of multiple ages and a lacerated liver; the expert opined that...

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