In the Matter of Marable

Plaintiff-appellant, Board of Education of the School District of the City of Detroit, filed a petition in the Juvenile Division of the Wayne County Probate Court, asserting that defendant-appellee, Karen Marable, a 14-year-old public school student, had been truant from school and, therefore, should be determined to be a juvenile delinquent under MCL 712A.2(a)(4); MSA 27.3178(598.2)(a)(4).

Defendant’s motion to dismiss was denied by a juvenile court referee, which denial was upheld by a probate judge. On appeal to the circuit court, the order of denial was reversed and the proceedings…