In re Certified Question from the Crownpoint Family Court

OPINION

The Court answers a certified question from the Crownpoint Family Court concerning conflicting provisions of the Children’s Code. The presiding judge requested a ruling as to how the following provisions of Children’s Code should be interpreted: 9 N.N.C. § 1055(C)(1) which states that “[j]urisdietion obtained by a Family Court over a child is retained until terminated by ... [t]he child becoming] an adult, except where a child becomes an adult during the pendency of proceedings in the Family Court” and 9 N.N.C. § 1156(H) which states that “[wjhen a child reaches 18 years of age all…