Order and fact-finding determination reversed, on the law and the facts, without costs, and proceeding remanded to the Family Court for proceedings de novo.
At the fact-finding hearing appellant was not advised of his right to remain silent; he was not advised of the consequences of a waiver of that right; and he was not questioned by the court to ascertain whether he himself admitted the allegations of the petition (Family Ct. Act, § 741; Matter of...
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