Opinion
February 13, 1996
Appeal from the Family Court, Westchester County (Bellantoni, J.).
Ordered that the order is affirmed, without costs or disbursements.
On March 5, 1995, Marsha C. and her daughter Latoya D., the appellant, who was then 15 years old, had an argument which escalated into a fight, during which Latoya threatened her mother with a razor and a knife. After the fight Marsha filed a petition alleging that Latoya was a "person in need of supervision" (hereinafter PINS), as defined under Family Court Act § 711 et seq. At a fact-finding hearing, in addition to the foregoing altercation, Latoya admitted that she "always" carried a box cutter. Moreover, Marsha testified that Latoya had become a discipline problem by, inter alia, staying out late and not fulfilling her responsibilities at home. Upon completion of the hearing, Latoya was adjudged a PINS. Latoya appeals from this determination.
While it is well settled that a person cannot be adjudged a PINS based on a single isolated incident (see, Matter of Raymond O., 31 N.Y.2d 730; Matter of David W., 28 N.Y.2d 589; Matter of Erik P., 42 A.D.2d 908), Latoya was "incorrigible, ungovernable or habitually disobedient and beyond the lawful control of [her] parent" (Matter of David W., supra, at 590).
Latoya's remaining contentions are without merit. Rosenblatt, J.P., Hart, Krausman and Goldstein, JJ., concur.