Citation Numbers: 82 A.D.3d 1254, 919 N.Y.2d 364
Filed Date: 3/29/2011
Status: Precedential
Modified Date: 11/1/2024
The Family Court properly denied, without a hearing, that
The Family Court has broad discretion in entering dispositional orders (see Matter of Eunique B., 73 AD3d 764 [2010]; Matter of Ashanti B., 62 AD3d 790, 791 [2009]). Contrary to the appellant’s contention, the Family Court did not improvidently exercise its discretion in imposing a 12-month period of enhanced supervision probation, rather than an adjournment in contemplation of dismissal. The record establishes that the Family Court’s placement of the appellant on enhanced supervision probation was the least restrictive alternative consistent with his needs in light of his chronic and continuing truancy, his need for services including substance abuse counseling, the inability of his mother to supervise him, and the recommendation made in the probation report that he would benefit from the enhanced supervision program (see Matter of Katherine W., 62 NY2d 947 [1984]; Matter of Melissa B., 49 AD3d 536 [2008]; Matter of Antonio C., 294 AD2d 123 [2002]; cf. Matter of Anthony M., 47 AD3d 434 [2008]). Florio, J.E, Dickerson, Leventhal and Belen, JJ., concur.