In re Edward C.L.

292 A.D.2d 282, 740 N.Y.S.2d 298, 2002 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 3151

Opinion

Order of disposition, Family Court, New York County (Susan Larabee, J.), entered on or about April 25, 2000, which released the subject child to respondent mother upon a finding of neglect by respondent father, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

The finding of neglect is supported by a preponderance of the evidence showing that respondent father exposed the child to a pervasive environment of verbal abuse directed at respondent mother that sometimes escalated to include unwelcome physical contact, and that the child’s health was in imminent danger of becoming impaired as a result. The finding of imminent impairment could be made in this case without expert evidence (see, Matter of Lonell J., 242 AD2d 58; Matter of Deandre T., 253 AD2d 497). Concur — Williams, P.J., Tom, Saxe, Rubin and Friedman, JJ.