MATTER OF SHANNON FF.


189 A.D.2d 420 (1993)

In the Matter of Shannon FF., a Person Alleged to be a Juvenile Delinquent, Respondent. Tompkins County Attorney, Appellant

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Third Department.

April 15, 1993


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert C. Mulvey, Ithaca (Jonathan Wood of counsel), for appellant.

Carol Grumbach, Law Guardian, Ithaca, for respondent.

MIKOLL, J. P., LEVINE, CREW III and HARVEY, JJ., concur.


CASEY, J.

Family Court Act § 340.1 (2) provides that the fact-finding hearing in a juvenile delinquency proceeding "shall commence not more than sixty days after the conclusion of the [juvenile's] initial appearance". At issue in this case is whether, in a situation where a juvenile delinquency petition is dismissed for facial insufficiency and a second petition is filed, the 60-day deadline runs from the...

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