In re Bianca P.
Opinion of the Court
In two related child protective proceedings pursuant to Family Court Act article 10, the father appeals from a fact-finding order of the Family Court, Suffolk County (Freundlich, J.), dated May 4, 2011, which, after a hearing, found that he neglected the subject children.
Ordered that the fact-finding order is affirmed, without costs or disbursements.
The Family Court’s determination regarding the credibility of witnesses is entitled to great weight on appeal unless clearly unsupported by the record (see Matter of Creighton v Whitmore, 71 AD3d 1141 [2010]). Here, contrary to the father’s contention, the Family Court’s finding of neglect as to the child Bianca based on his use of alcohol while driving a car in which she was a passenger and failing to put her into a child seat or restraint,
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