| Matter of Jacyah V. (Joseph V.) |
| 2020 NY Slip Op 06877 [188 AD3d 586] |
| November 19, 2020 |
| Appellate Division, First Department |
| Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431. |
| In the Matter of Jacyah V., a Child Alleged to be Neglected. Joseph V., Appellant; Administration for Children's Services, Respondent. |
The Law Offices of Salihah R. Denman, PLLC, New York (Salihah R. Denman of counsel), for appellant.
James E. Johnson, Corporation Counsel, New York� (Rebecca L. Visgaitis of counsel), for respondent.
Dawne A. Mitchell, The Legal Aid Society, New York (Polixene Petrakopoulos of counsel), attorney for the child.
Order of fact-finding and disposition (one paper), Family Court, New York County (Emily M. Olshansky, J.), entered on or about October 15, 2018, which, to the extent appealed from as limited by the briefs, determined after a hearing that respondent neglected the subject child, unanimously affirmed, without costs.
Petitioner proved by a preponderance of the evidence that respondent behaved in a sexually inappropriate manner in the presence of the then one-year-old child, thereby neglecting the child (Family Ct Act § 1012 [f] [i] [A], [B]; see Matter of Raelene B. [Alex D.], 179 AD3d 1315, 1317 [3d Dept 2020]; Matter of Ja'Dore G. [Cannily G.], 169 AD3d 544, 545 [1st Dept 2019]). Concur—Webber, J.P., González, Scarpulla, Shulman, JJ.