In re Juan V.

—Order, Family Court, New *304York County (Bruce M. Kaplan, F.C.J.), entered December 12, 1988, adjudicating the respondent-appellant a juvenile delinquent and placing him on probation for one year, unanimously reversed, on the law, and the delinquency petition dismissed, without costs.

Family Court Act § 340.1 requires that if the respondent is not in detention, a fact-finding hearing shall commence not more than 60 days after the initial appearance with a provision for adjournments up to 30 days for good cause shown. The hearing here took place 144 days after respondent’s initial appearance,…