MATTER OF NEW YORK v. KEITH F.

3864, 251403/13.

149 A.D.3d 671 (2017)

2017 NY Slip Op 03276

53 N.Y.S.3d 55

In the Matter of STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. KEITH F., Appellant.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department.

Decided April 27, 2017.


The 60-day deadline by which a trial "shall" be commenced, pursuant to Mental Hygiene Law § 10.07 (a), is not a "strict time limit[]" (Matter of State of New York v Enrique T., 93 A.D.3d 158, 173 [1st Dept 2012], lv dismissed 18 N.Y.3d 976 [2012]). As there is no clear legislative intent to make compliance with that time frame a prerequisite to continued jurisdiction (compare

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