A child’s stricken Family Court sexual-abuse testimony from a custody-related hearing can still be considered in a separate hearing focused on whether the alleged abuse actually happened, provided there is corroboration of the testimony, a state appeals court has ruled.

An Appellate Division, First Department panel has ruled that a 2016 fact-finding order by a Bronx Family Court justice that said Jesus O. had sexually abused minor Ashley F. must be affirmed, turning back Jesus O.’s appeal.