Ordered that the orders of fact-finding and disposition are reversed insofar as appealed from, on the law, without costs or disbursements, and the matter is remitted to the Family Court, Queens County, for further proceedings consistent herewith.
The Family Court erred in failing to hold a dispositional hearing. "The Family Court Act directs that a dispositional hearing be held as a condition precedent to the entry of a dispositional order" (Matter of Suffolk County...
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