Appellant is entitled to vacatur of his admission because "the court failed to comply with Family Court Act § 341.2 (3) which mandates that a court not proceed with any hearing in the absence of the juvenile's parent unless a `reasonable and substantial' effort has been made to notify the parent. No such effort was made here, thereby requiring reversal of the disposition" (Matter of Timothy B.,
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