Opinion
02-18-2016
In the Matter of WILLIAM G., Alleged to be a Juvenile Delinquent. Jonathan Wood, as Tompkins County Attorney, Respondent; William G., Appellant.
Pamela Bleiwas, Ithaca, for appellant. Jonathan Wood, County Attorney, Ithaca (William J. Troy III of counsel), for respondent.
Pamela Bleiwas, Ithaca, for appellant.Jonathan Wood, County Attorney, Ithaca (William J. Troy III of counsel), for respondent.
Before: McCARTHY, J.P., EGAN JR., LYNCH and CLARK, JJ.
Lynch, J.
Appeal from an order of the Family Court of Tompkins County (Rowley, J.), entered August 19, 2014, which granted petitioner's application, in a proceeding pursuant to Family Ct. Act article 3, to adjudicate respondent a juvenile delinquent.
In February 2014, respondent appeared in Cortland County Family Court (Ames, J.) and admitted committing an act which, if committed by an adult, would constitute the crime of criminal sexual act in the first degree. Family Court issued an order upon fact-finding adjudicating respondent to be a juvenile delinquent and ordering a predispositional report. Family Court thereafter transferred the matter to Tompkins County, where respondent resided, for disposition. After a dispositional hearing, Tompkins County Family Court (Rowley, J.) ordered respondent to be placed with the Tompkins County Department of Social Services for one year for "non-secure placement with the William George Agency, specializing in sex offender treatment." Respondent appeals.
Respondent's core argument on this appeal is that Family Court violated the terms of the plea agreement by placing him outside his home. He further asserts that the evidence did not warrant his placement in a residential treatment facility, as the least restrictive available alternative. Inasmuch as the dispositional order expired by its own terms in August 2015, these claims are moot (see Matter of Clarence D., 88 A.D.3d 1074, 1075, 931 N.Y.S.2d 151 [2011] ; Matter of Clifton NN., 64 A.D.3d 903, 905, 882 N.Y.S.2d 581 [2009] ; Matter of Brett W., 62 A.D.3d 1050, 1051, 877 N.Y.S.2d 917 [2009] ). That said, the record shows that the plea was accepted without any promises as to what the actual disposition would be.
ORDERED that the order is affirmed, without costs.
McCARTHY, J.P., EGAN JR. and CLARK, JJ., concur.