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In his second point of error, appellant contends the trial court’s admonishments were incomplete, improper or otherwise inadequate. Because I believe the majority inappropriately overrules this point of error by employing a “harmless error” analysis in the face of a mandatory statute, I respectfully dissent.

The Family Code prescribes the admonishments required for a trial court to conduct a valid juvenile adjudication hearing. See Tex. Fam.Code ANN. § 54.03(a) — (b) (Vernon 1996). Specifically, the code provides—

§ 54.03. Adjudication Hearing(a) A child may be found to have engaged in…