Opinion
June 10, 1998
Appeal from Order of Jefferson County Family Court, Hunt, J. — Placement.
Present — Green, J. P., Lawton, Wisner, Callahan and Boehm, JJ.
Order unanimously affirmed without costs. Memorandum: Family Court properly exercised its discretion in granting the petition to extend respondent's placement and in extending that placement for a period of 12 months ( see, Family Ct Act § 355.3). "[P]etitioner proved by a preponderance of the evidence that the extension of placement would both protect society and be in the best interests of respondent" ( Matter of Marcus C., 212 A.D.2d 1054, 1054-1055; see, Matter of Percy H., 159 A.D.2d 623).