MATTER OF SHAYOLANDA M.

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120 A.D.3d 1130 (2014)

992 N.Y.S.2d 422

2014 NY Slip Op 06364

In the Matter of SHAYOLANDA M., a Person Alleged to be a Juvenile Delinquent, Appellant.

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

Decided September 25, 2014.


The court properly exercised its discretion in adjudicating appellant a juvenile delinquent and placing her with the Close to Home Program rather than ordering an adjournment in contemplation of dismissal (ACD). This was the least restrictive dispositional alternative consistent with appellant's needs and the community's need for protection (see Matter of Katherine W., 62 N.Y.2d 947 [1984]). Appellant had already received an ACD...

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