Order unanimously reversed on the law without costs and matter remitted to Erie County Family Court for further proceedings.
Family Court failed to ascertain through allocution of respondent and his parent that respondent voluntarily waived his right to a fact-finding hearing and that respondent was aware of possible specific dispositional orders, pursuant to Family Court Act § 321.3 (1). Thus the...
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