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Child’s Out-Of-Court Statements Insufficient to Support Abuse Finding

In affirming Family Court’s determination that the child’s out-of-court statements were not sufficiently corroborated to support a finding of abuse by the father, the Second Department wrote:

A child’s out-of-court statements may provide the basis for a finding of abuse if the statements are sufficiently corroborated by other evidence tending to support the reliability of the child’s statements (see Family Ct Act § 1046[a][vi];… . The Family Court has considerable discretion in deciding whether a child’s out-of-court statements alleging incidents of abuse have been reliably corroborated …, and its findings must be accorded deference on appeal where, as here, the Family Court is primarily confronted with issues of credibility … .  Matter of Nicole G, 2013 NY Slip Op 02576, 2012-07263, 2012-07264, 2nd Dept, 4-17-13

 

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