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IN RE: JAQUAN F., Petitioner–Respondent, A Child Under the Age of Eighteen Years, etc., Alexis F., Respondent–Appellant, Administration for Children's Services, Petitioner–Respondent.
Order of disposition, Family Court, Bronx County (Carol R. Sherman, J.), entered on or about May 6, 2013, which, upon a fact-finding determination that respondent mother neglected the subject child, placed the child with petitioner agency until the next permanency hearing, and directed respondent to comply with certain conditions, unanimously affirmed, without costs.
A preponderance of the evidence supports the court's finding that respondent neglected the special needs child by failing to properly supervise him and failing to attend numerous medical appointments. The court was within its discretion in crediting the testimony of petitioner's medical expert (see Matter of Cerda, 114 A.D.2d 795, 795–796 [1st Dept 1985] ).
A preponderance of the evidence also supports the court's finding of neglect based on the child's excessive absences from school. The record shows that between September 11, 2011 and February 7, 2012, the child missed 52 days of school. The court rejected respondent's explanation that she missed numerous medical appointments for the child because of inclement weather and lateness, resulting in the child being unable to obtain a prescription for a new protective helmet that was required for him to attend school and causing his absence from school for more than two months until the new helmet was obtained, and there is no basis for disturbing the court's credibility determination (see Matter of Aliyah B. [Denise J.], 87 AD3d 943 [1st Dept 2011] ).
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Decided: September 23, 2014
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