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MATTER OF SHEENA D.

8 N.Y.3d 136 (2007)

863 N.E.2d 96

831 N.Y.S.2d 92

In the Matter of SHEENA D. and Others. NIAGARA COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES, Respondent; DARWIN F., Appellant.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided February 13, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alan P. Reed, Canandaigua, for appellant.

Thomas W. Scirto, Lockport, for respondent.

Jeffrey M. Harrington, Lackawanna, Law Guardian.

Chief Judge KAYE and Judges GRAFFEO, READ and SMITH concur; Judges PIGOTT and JONES taking no part.

OPINION OF THE COURT

CIPARICK, J.

In this appeal we are asked to decide whether, pursuant to article 10 of the Family Court Act, Family Court had the authority to issue orders of protection in favor of respondent father's children until they reached the age of 18, as the fact-finding dispositional order incorporating the orders of protection had no expiration date. We conclude that Family Court was without authority to set the duration of the orders of protection...

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