Matter of Maritza B

In Matter of Maritza B. (164 A.D.2d 838 [1990]) the First Department impliedly held that although in 1986 the Family Court had the authority to issue an order of protection for a duration longer than that of the dispositional order, in 1990 it no longer had such authority. In Matter of Maritza B., the appellant moved to vacate a five-year order of protection entered in 1986 on the ground that it exceeded the 18-month duration of the dispositional order. The First Department denied the appellant's motion holding that "at the time the order was entered the court had the discretion to issue orders of protection whose duration exceeded the statutory 18-month limit of a dispositional order" (at 838).