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SECTION 341.2
Presence of respondent and his or her parent
Family Court Act (FCT) CHAPTER 686, ARTICLE 3, PART 4
§ 341.2. Presence of respondent and his or her parent. 1. The respondent
and his or her counsel shall be personally present at any hearing under
this article and at the initial appearance.

2. If a respondent conducts himself or herself in so disorderly and
disruptive a manner that the hearing cannot be carried on with the
respondent in the courtroom, the court may order a recess for the
purpose of enabling the respondent's parent or other person responsible
for his or her care and the respondent's counsel to exercise full
efforts to assist the respondent to conduct himself or herself so as to
permit the proceedings to resume in an orderly manner. If such efforts
fail, the respondent may be removed from the courtroom if, after he or
she is warned by the court that he or she will be removed, he or she
continues such disorderly and disruptive conduct. Such time shall not
extend beyond the minimum period necessary to restore order.

3. The respondent's parent or other person responsible for his or her
care shall be present at any hearing under this article and at the
initial appearance. However, the court shall not be prevented from
proceeding by the absence of such parent or person if reasonable and
substantial effort has been made to notify such parent or other person
and if the respondent and his or her counsel are present.