Opinion
December 16, 1991
Appeal from the Family Court, Queens County (DePhillips, J.).
Ordered that the order is affirmed, without costs or disbursements.
The appellant's attorney afforded him meaningful representation, thus satisfying the appellant's statutory and constitutional rights (see, Family Ct Act § 262 [a] [i]; Matter of Erin G., 139 A.D.2d 737). His contention that the Family Court's finding of sexual abuse was not supported by a preponderance of the evidence is without merit. The validating testimony of a child abuse expert constituted sufficient corroboration of the child's out-of-court statement to support the determination of the Family Court (see, Matter of Nicole V., 71 N.Y.2d 112; Matter of Latisha V., 175 A.D.2d 839; Matter of Linda K., 132 A.D.2d 149). Kunzeman, J.P., Sullivan, Eiber and Ritter, JJ., concur.