§ 1048. Adjournments. (a) The court may adjourn a fact-finding hearing\nor a dispositional hearing for good cause shown on its own motion, or on\nmotion of the corporation counsel, county attorney or district attorney,\nor on motion of the petitioner or on motion of the child or on his\nbehalf or of the parent or other person legally responsible for the care\nof the child. If so requested by the parent or other person legally\nresponsible for the care of the child, the court shall not proceed with\na fact-finding hearing earlier than three days after service of summons\nand petition, unless emergency medical or surgical procedures are\nnecessary to safeguard the life or health of the child.\n (b) At the conclusion of a fact-finding hearing and after the court\nhas made findings required before a dispositional hearing may commence,\nthe court may on its own motion or motion of the respondent, the\npetitioner or the child's attorney order a reasonable adjournment of the\nproceedings to enable the court to make inquiry into the surroundings,\nconditions and capacities of the persons involved in the proceedings.\n (c) Whenever a child has been remanded to the care of an agency or\ninstitution under section ten hundred fifty-one of this article, notice\nof any dispositional hearing shall be served upon the agency or\ninstitution with whom the child was placed and upon the agency\nsupervising the care of the child on behalf of the agency with whom the\nchild was placed. Service of notice of the adjourned hearing shall be\nmade in such manner and on such notice as the court may, in its\ndiscretion, prescribe. Any such agency or institution served with notice\npursuant to this subdivision may apply to the court for leave to be\nheard.\n
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