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SECTION 345.1
Orders
Family Court Act (FCT) CHAPTER 686, ARTICLE 3, PART 4
§ 345.1. Orders. 1. If the allegations of a petition or specific
counts of a petition concerning the commission of a crime or crimes are
established, the court shall enter an appropriate order and schedule a
dispositional hearing pursuant to section 350.1. The order shall specify
the count or counts of the petition upon which such order is based and
the section or sections of the penal law or other law under which the
act or acts so stated would constitute a crime if committed by an adult.
If the respondent or respondents are found to have committed a
designated felony act, the order shall so state.

2. If the allegations of a petition or specific counts of a petition
under this article are not established, the court shall enter an order
dismissing the petition or specific counts therein.

3. Where an order of fact-finding that includes solely a violation as
defined in subdivision three of section 10.00 of the penal law committed
by a juvenile sixteen years of age or, commencing on October first, two
thousand nineteen, seventeen years of age, has been entered pursuant to
subdivision one of this section, there shall be a rebuttable presumption
that the court shall refer the case to the probation service for
adjustment services in accordance with section 320.6 of this article,
dismiss the case pursuant to subdivision two of section 352.1 of this
article or adjourn the case in contemplation of dismissal pursuant to
section 315.3 of this article.