Opinion
July 1, 1996
Appeal from the Family Court, Queens County (Berman, J.).
Ordered that the order of disposition is affirmed, without costs or disbursements.
Review of the Family Court's decision underlying the order of disposition reveals that the court carefully considered the less restrictive alternatives to placing the appellant on probation and directing him to perform community service ( see, Family Ct Act § 352.2). Further, in light of, inter alia, the underlying facts of the act at issue, the appellant's escalating pattern of disobedience to his grandparents (with whom he lives), and his increasing absenteeism from school, it cannot be said that the dispositional order constitutes an improvident exercise of discretion ( see, Matter of Jason W., 207 A.D.2d 495; Matter of Alex V., 207 A.D.2d 493, lv denied 84 N.Y.2d 812; Matter of Rufino M., 168 A.D.2d 385). Sullivan, J.P., Santucci, Joy and Hart, JJ., concur.