In re Dylan L.
Opinion of the Court
Appeal from an order of the Family Court, Erie County (Margaret O. Szczur, J.), entered January 31, 2007 in a proceeding pursuant to Family Court Act article 10. The order, among other things, placed respondent under the supervision of petitioner and ordered respondent to undergo a mental health evaluation.
It is hereby ordered that the order so appealed from is unanimously affirmed without costs.
Memorandum: Respondent appeals from an order of disposition that, inter alia, placed him under petitioner’s supervision upon a finding that he neglected his two sons by exposing them to pornographic videos. Family Court did not find that respondent had sexually abused the children inasmuch as there was evidence of the possible involvement of another perpetrator, but the court ordered respondent to undergo a mental health evaluation to address the court’s concerns that he may be in need of sex offender treatment. Contrary to respondent’s contention, the mental health evaluation is not a “subsequent action or proceeding” and thus does not constitute a relitigation of the al
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