Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York July 12, 2012 (John R. v. State of New York Office of Children and Family Services)

Mercure, J.P.

In 2008, petitioner Patricia R. was informed by her brother (hereinafter the uncle) that he had sexually abused her oldest daughter, who was born in 1997. Although the uncle owned and resided in the same duplex as petitioners’ family, Patricia R. and her husband, petitioner John R.