As the presentment agency concedes, there is no indication in the record that a "reasonable and substantial effort" was made to notify appellant's mother of the juvenile delinquency proceeding and thus, the fact-finding court erred in conducting the hearing in her absence (see Family Ct Act §§ 320.3, 341.2 [3]; Matter of Myacutta A.,
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