Matter of James G.

Summary

The New York Appellate Division, First Department dismissed as moot an appeal from an order extending a juvenile delinquency respondent's placement with the Administration for Children's Services. The court held that the appellant had completed the placement, was not challenging the juvenile delinquency adjudication, and that the extension was otherwise procedurally proper and a provident exercise of discretion.

Holdings

1. The appeal was moot because the appellant had completed the placement and was not challenging any juvenile delinquency adjudication.
2. Even if the appeal were not moot, the extension of placement was not procedurally defective and constituted a provident exercise of discretion.

Questions Presented

1. Whether the appeal from the placement-extension order remained justiciable after the appellant completed the placement.
2. Whether the placement extension was procedurally defective.
3. Whether the Family Court providently exercised its discretion in granting the placement extension.

Disposition

dismissed