Glenda Kay S. v. State

OPINION

By the Court,

Springer, J.:

At issue in the appeal is whether the juvenile division of the district court abused its discretion in committing to the girls’ training center a thirteen-year-old girl who had struck a schoolmate. We reverse the commitment order and declare standards to be followed in ordering delinquent children committed to state training centers.

Glenda had been involved in an ongoing quarrel with a schoolmate at Winnemucca Junior High School. On February 11, 1985, she struck the girl. There is nothing in the record to indicate that the other girl was injured or that this…