CALLING FOR legislative reform, a panel of appellate judges last week described in stark terms the constraints on Family Courts when dealing with troubled youths.
The five-judge panel of the Appellate Division, First Department, said that Family Court judges cannot impose the sanction of criminal contempt to punish youths designated as Persons in Need of Supervision (PINS), no matter how often or blatantly the youths violate terms of their supervision.
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