IN RE: ALICIYA R. (Anonymous). (2008)

In two related child protective proceedings pursuant to Family Court Act article 10, the mother appeals, as limited by her brief, from so much of an order of fact-finding and disposition (one paper) of the Family Court, Orange County (Bivona, J.), dated August 1, 2007, as, after a nonjury trial, found that she had neglected the subject children.

ORDERED that the order of fact-finding and disposition is affirmed insofar as appealed from, without costs or disbursements.

The petitioner established by a preponderance of the evidence that the mother neglected the subject children because she knew or should have known that her boyfriend, who was frequently in the children's presence, physically abused the child Aliciya R., and because she failed to prevent further contact between Aliciya R. and the boyfriend once she became or should have become aware of the abuse (see Family Ct. Act § 1012[f][i][B];  Matter of Cantina B., 26 A.D.3d 327, 328, 809 N.Y.S.2d 539;  Matter of Kanika M., 270 A.D.2d 490, 704 N.Y.S.2d 669;  Matter of Maxwell B., 269 A.D.2d 444, 445, 703 N.Y.S.2d 210;  Matter of Commissioner of Social Servs. of City of N.Y. v. Edyth W., 210 A.D.2d 328, 329, 620 N.Y.S.2d 402).   Moreover, in light of the mother's failure to exercise a minimum degree of care in providing Aliciya R. with proper supervision or guardianship, the petitioner also proved by a preponderance of the evidence that the mother derivatively neglected her younger child (see Matter of Jose I., 13 A.D.3d 446, 447, 787 N.Y.S.2d 336;  Matter of Amanda RR., 293 A.D.2d 779, 781, 740 N.Y.S.2d 485).