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REQUEST FOR AN ADJOURNMENT IN THIS FAMILY OFFENSE PROCEEDING SHOULD HAVE BEEN GRANTED.

The Fourth Department determined Family Court abused its discretion when it refused mother’s attorney’s request for an adjournment because mother could not attend the proceeding in which she was accused of committing two family offenses:

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We agree with the mother that the court abused its discretion in denying her attorney’s motion to adjourn the hearing because the mother was unable to attend. We therefore reverse the order on appeal and remit the matter to Family Court for further proceedings on the amended petition. In Family Court Act article 8 proceedings, the court “may adjourn a fact-finding hearing or a dispositional hearing for good cause shown on its own motion or on motion of either party” (Family Ct Act § 836 [a]). Although the court does not abuse its discretion in denying a request for an adjournment where the party making the request gives no reason for his or her absence … , here, the mother explained her absence. Moreover, the proceedings were not protracted, and the mother made no prior requests for an adjournment … . Matter of Drake v Riley, 2017 NY Slip Op 03282, 4th Dept 4-28-17

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