In re Miriam MM.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the CourtCasey, J.
Appeal from an order of the Family Court of Otsego County (Mogavero, Jr., J.), entered August 17, 1989, which granted petitioner’s application, in a proceeding pursuant to Family Court Act article 3, to adjudicate respondent a juvenile delinquent.
Respondent contends that her right to counsel was abridged by Family Court’s failure to afford counsel an opportunity to make a closing statement at the hearing (see, Family Ct Act § 342.1 [5]). Since respondent’s counsel neither requested the opportunity to make a closing argument nor objected to Family Court’s apparent oversight in failing to ask…
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