Legal Opinion
In re Melissa B.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided March 4, 2008PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*537The Family Court has broad discretion as to the dispositional orders it enters. In this instance, the Family Court providently exercised its discretion in adjudicating the appellant a juvenile delinquent and then placing her on probation for 12 months. Such an adjudication was particularly appropriate in view of her relatively poor record of attendance at school and the recommendation made in the probation report that she is in need of supervision. Moreover, the appellant in this case committed a type of misconduct that warrants a determination, at the least, that she was a juvenile…
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