| Matter of Joseph B. |
| 2008 NY Slip Op 02414 [49 AD3d 1309] |
| March 14, 2008 |
| Appellate Division, Fourth Department |
| In the Matter of Joseph B., Appellant. Monroe County Attorney,Respondent. |
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Appeal from an order of the Family Court, Monroe County (Marilyn L. O'Connor, J.),entered June 14, 2007 in a proceeding pursuant to Family Court Act article 3. The order, amongother things, adjudged that respondent is a juvenile delinquent and placed respondent in thecustody of the New York State Office of Children and Family Services for placement in a limitedsecure facility.
It is hereby ordered that the order so appealed from is unanimously affirmed without costs.
Memorandum: Family Court did not abuse its broad discretion in this juvenile delinquencyproceeding by placing respondent in a limited secure facility, "the least restrictive availablealternative . . . which is consistent with the needs and best interests of therespondent and the need for protection of the community" (Family Ct Act § 352.2 [2] [a];see Matter of Brendon H., 43 AD3d1283 [2007]). The record of the dispositional hearing establishes that respondent is in needof drug treatment, psychological counseling, special educational services and a structuredenvironment, and the court properly determined that those needs can be addressed mosteffectively in a limited secure facility (see Matter of Vidal W., 267 AD2d 1104 [1999];Matter of Willie J.H., 258 AD2d 938 [1999]). Present—Hurlbutt, J.P., Martoche,Lunn, Green and Gorski, JJ.