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THE ALLEGATIONS BY THE CHILDREN WERE SUFFICIENTLY CORROBORATED TO SUPPORT A FINDING FATHER COMMITTED DOMESTIC ABUSE AND THEREBY NEGLECTED THE CHILDREN (SECOND DEPT).

The Second Department, reversing Family Court, determined the allegations made by the children about father’s violence against mother were sufficiently corroborated to support a neglect finding against father:

… [A] preponderance of the evidence established that the father neglected the children by perpetrating acts of domestic violence against the mother in their presence … .. The out-of-court statement of the oldest child, Roland M., was sufficiently corroborated. “The out-of-court statements of siblings may properly be used to cross-corroborate one another” … . “However, such out-of-court statements must describe similar incidents in order to sufficiently corroborate the sibling’s out-of-court allegations” … “and be independent from and consistent with the other sibling’s out-of-court statement” (Matter of Ashley G. [Eggar T.], 163 AD3d at 965). Roland M.’s statement was corroborated by the out-of-court statement of his sister, Rosalee M., that she witnessed the father drag the mother out the door and choke her. Roland M.’s statement was also corroborated by the ORT received by the petitioner, which reported that Roland M. called the authorities during the domestic violence incident, that during the incident the father strangled the mother with his hands, that Roland M. had to intervene, and that the father was being charged with strangulation in the second degree … …

… [T]he evidence was sufficient to establish that the father’s acts of domestic violence against the mother in the children’s presence impaired, or created an imminent danger of impairing, the children’s physical, mental, or emotional condition … . Matter of Roland M. (Manuel M.), 2024 NY Slip Op 01011, Second Dept 2-28-24

Practice Point: The issue here was whether the domestic abuse allegations by the children were sufficiently corroborated. The Appellate Division held that they were, giving some insight into what constitutes sufficient corroboration in this context.

 

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