Appellant argues that Family Court erred in taking his admission outside his mother's presence because the statutory prescription to include a parent in the allocution provides that it "shall not be waived" (Family Ct Act § 321.3 [1]) and his mother's presence at the hearing was required in view of the court's failure to affirmatively establish that "reasonable and substantial effort ha[d] been made to notify" her of the proceedings (Family Ct Act § 341.2 [3])....
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