Ordered that the order is reversed, on the law, without costs or disbursements, and the matter is remitted to Family Court, Dutchess County, for further proceedings consistent herewith.
The father, an inmate at a correctional facility, correctly contends that the Family Court erred in dismissing his petition for failure to prosecute. Where, as here, the record indicates only that the correctional facility did not produce the father, and "the correctional facility...
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