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This case concerns an appeal from an Ulster County Family Court order adjudicating a respondent, born in 1987, a person in need of supervision (PINS) due to chronic school absenteeism. The respondent argued that emotional disability caused the absences and that the Family Court applied an incorrect evidentiary standard, using preponderance of the evidence instead of proof beyond a reasonable doubt as required by Family Court Act § 744 (b). The appellate court agreed with the respondent regarding the evidentiary standard error. However, after independently reviewing the record, the appellate court determined that even with the correct standard, the evidence established, beyond a reasonable doubt, the unlawfulness of the respondent's persistent absences despite documented mental health issues. Consequently, the order adjudicating the respondent a PINS was affirmed.
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This case concerns an appeal from an Ulster County Family Court order adjudicating a respondent, born in 1987, a person in need of supervision (PINS) due to chronic school absenteeism. The respondent argued that emotional disability caused the absences and that the Family Court applied an incorrect evidentiary standard, using "preponderance of the evidence" instead of "proof beyond a reasonable doubt" as required by Family Court Act § 744 (b). The appellate court agreed with the respondent regarding the evidentiary standard error. However, after independently reviewing the record, the appellate court determined that even with the correct standard, the evidence established, beyond a reasonable doubt, the unlawfulness of the respondent's persistent absences despite documented mental health issues. Consequently, the order adjudicating the respondent a PINS was affirmed.
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