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FAMILY COURT RELIED ON HEARSAY (WHAT MOTHER TOLD THE CASEWORKER) IN THIS NEGLECT PROCEEDING AGAINST FATHER, NEGLECT FINDINGS REVERSED (THIRD DEPT). ​

The Third Department, reversing Family Court, determined the court improperly relied upon hearsay to make neglect findings and the evidence was otherwise insufficient. Mother’s neglect petitions were disposed of after she admitted neglect. The instant proceeding concerned the neglect petitions against father (the respondent) to which mother was not a party. The caseworker testified about what mother had told her:

… [P]etitioner’s caseworker testified as to what the mother had told her based upon their conversations. In this regard, the caseworker stated that the mother told her that, while the middle and youngest children were with her, she had been drinking heavily, that the mother believed that she may have assaulted one of the children and that, after respondent took the children for a while, he came back to her with some vodka, which she drank. As respondent and the attorney for the children correctly argue, Family Court improperly relied on this hearsay testimony — i.e., what the mother told the caseworker — in reaching its determination … , and the error in doing so was not harmless … . Matter of Aiden J. (Armando K.), 2021 NY Slip Op 04637, Third Dept 8-5-21

 

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