Opinion
No. CAF 07-02044.
March 14, 2008.
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, among other things, adjudged that respondent is a juvenile delinquent and placed respondent in the custody of the New York State Office of Children and Family Services for placement in a limited secure facility.
Present: Hurlbutt, J.P., Martoche, Lunn, Green and Gorski, JJ.
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 delinquency proceeding by placing respondent in a limited secure facility, "the least restrictive available alternative . . . which is consistent with the needs and best interests of the respondent and the need for protection of the community" (Family Ct Act § 352.2 [a]; see Matter of Brendon H., 43 AD3d 1283). The record of the dispositional hearing establishes that respondent is in need of drug treatment, psychological counseling, special educational services and a structured environment, and the court properly determined that those needs can be addressed most effectively in a limited secure facility ( see Matter of Vidal W., 267 AD2d 1104; Matter of Willie J.H., 258 AD2d 938).