In re Tianna W.

Appeal from an order of the Family Court of Clinton County (Lawliss, J.), entered June 4, 2012, which granted petitioner’s application, in a proceeding pursuant to Family Ct Act article 3, to adjudicate respondent a juvenile delinquent.

Petitioner sought to have respondent adjudicated a juvenile delinquent based on conduct that, if she were an adult, would constitute the crime of criminal mischief in the fourth degree. Respondent admitted that she used a cigarette lighter to cause five burn marks on a wall at her school. Following a dispositional hearing, she was adjudicated a juvenile…