The court at the dispositional hearing continually curtailed testimony and refused repeated attempts of the Law Guardian to examine the respondent and his mother. We are dealing here with a dispositional hearing, and the ultimate decision reached therein by the Court must be based on a preponderance of the evidence (Family Ct. Act, § 745, subd [b]). The right of the juvenile to be heard and to present evidence germane to the outcome of that hearing has just recently...
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