Ordered that the appeal is dismissed as academic, without costs or disbursements.
The underlying retention order expired by its own terms, at the latest, on July 29, 1999. Thus, any determination by this Court will not affect the rights of the parties to this proceeding, and the matter does not otherwise warrant invoking an exception to the mootness doctrine (see, Matter of Richard S.,
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