Case Name: In the Matter of Paul Van V., a Person Alleged to be a Juvenile Delinquent
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1989-03-10
Citations: 148 A.D.2d 1010
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Matter of Paul Van V., a Person Alleged to be a Juvenile Delinquent.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 148
Pages: 1010–1011

Head Matter:
In the Matter of Paul Van V., a Person Alleged to be a Juvenile Delinquent.

Opinion:
Order unanimously reversed on the law without costs and matter remitted to Oswego County Family Court for further proceedings on the petition. Memorandum: The admission to the allegations of the petition, as amended, was made by respondent's attorney and not by respondent personally. The court did not ascertain through allocution that respondent admitted to the acts alleged in the amended petition, that he voluntarily waived his rights to a fact-finding hearing, and that he was aware of the possible dispositional orders (see, Family Ct Act § 321.3). Accordingly, the court should not have accepted the admission (Matter of William C., 140 AD2d 1004). (Appeal from order of Oswego
County Family Court, Comstock, J. — juvenile delinquency.) Present — Dillon, P. J., Callahan, Doerr, Green and Davis, JJ.