Family Court Act § 340.1 (2) provides that the fact-finding hearing in a juvenile delinquency proceeding "shall commence not more than sixty days after the conclusion of the [juvenile's] initial appearance". At issue in this case is whether, in a situation where a juvenile delinquency petition is dismissed for facial insufficiency and a second petition is filed, the 60-day deadline runs from the...
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