Fish v. Horn

Memorandum. The Family Court Act makes a distinction between a person adjudged a “ juvenile delinquent ’’ and a person adjudged a “ person in need of supervision ”, a new category created for children previously classified as delinquent ('though they had committed no crime) (Family Ct. Act, § 712, subds. [a], [b]). Persons so adjudicated are respectively accorded different dispositions. Adjudications for purposes of section 753 and section 754 are “ placed ” pursuant to section 756 but when a person is adjudged a “ juvenile delinquent” because of any act which, if committed by an adult, would…