In re Caitlin VV.

Crew III, J. P.

P. Appeal from an order of the Family Court of Saratoga County (Hall, J.), entered October 7, 1998, which granted petitioner’s application, in a proceeding pursuant to Family Court Act article 3, to adjudicate respondent to be a juvenile delinquent.

Respondent, having been adjudicated as a person in need of supervision, was placed in a nonsecure detention facility in Jefferson County. After respondent left the facility without permission, a petition was filed alleging that she had committed an act which, if committed by an adult, would constitute the crime of escape in the…