Order affirmed, without costs.
In this case appellant, who was unrepresented by counsel, affirmatively indicated his desire to testify. In such instance the trial court's failure to advise him of his statutory right (Family Ct. Act, § 531) to refuse to testify did not constitute reversible error (cf. Matter of Dean v. Young,
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