Ordered that the order is reversed, on the law, without costs or disbursements.
The Family Court improperly relied on Family Court Act § 1037 (a) by, in effect, directing the mother to appear at a dispositional hearing. That section, which, among other things, permits the Family Court, under certain circumstances, to compel a respondent's "initial appearance" in a Family Court Act article 10 proceeding (Family Ct Act §§ 1033-a, 1033-b), was
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