In re Robert T.

Appeal from an order of the Family Court of Sullivan County (Meddaugh, J.), entered May 5, 1998, which granted petitioner’s application, in a proceeding pursuant to Family Court Act article 7, to adjudicate respondent a person in need of supervision and placed him in the custody of the Sullivan County Department of Family Services for a period of 18 months.

In December 1997, a petition to adjudicate respondent a person in need of supervision (hereinafter PINS) was filed alleging that during the 1997-1998 school year, respondent had been the subject of 16 school disciplinary referrals for…