In Re TMR

144 P.3d 809 (2006)

2006 MT 246

334 Mont. 64

In the Matter of T.M.R., A Youth.

No. 05-488.

Supreme Court of Montana.

Submitted on Briefs August 30, 2006.

Decided October 3, 2006.

For Appellant: Betty M. Carlson, Public Defender's Office, Billings, Montana.

For Respondent: Mike McGrath, Attorney General; Micheal S. Wellenstein, Assistant Attorney General, Helena, Montana, Dennis Paxinos, County Attorney, Billings, Montana.

Justice W. WILLIAM LEAPHART delivered the Opinion of the Court.

¶ 1 T.M.R., a youth under the age of eighteen years at the time of the events giving rise to this case, appeals from an…