Opinion
December 15, 1986
Appeal from the Family Court, Kings County (Palmer, J.).
Ordered that the order is reversed, as a matter of discretion in the interest of justice, without costs or disbursements, the fact-finding determination is vacated, and the petition is dismissed.
Since the record is barren of any evidence that an attempt was made to notify the appellant's father of the fact-finding hearing or the charges against his son, and the presence of a group home representative who apparently informed the court that the appellant was no longer welcome at that residence was not an adequate substitute, the respondent concedes, and we agree, that the order must be reversed (see, Family Ct Act § 320.3, 341.2; Matter of Lloyd P., 99 A.D.2d 812). Since the appellant's involuntary placement expired on August 1, 1986, the petition is dismissed (see, Matter of Yolanda C., 118 A.D.2d 778). Mangano, J.P., Brown, Rubin and Eiber, JJ., concur.