Legal Opinion

State v. C.G.B.

Court of Appeals of Wisconsin

Decided April 19, 2017No. 2016AP668Published

1Opinion of the Court

¶ 1.

REILLY, PJ.1

This appeal presents the question of whether a juvenile court has the authority to order a consent decree over the objection of the district attorney. We conclude that a juvenile court does not have the statutory authority to do so and reverse.

f 2. The specific facts are not relevant to this appeal. Sixteen-year-old C.G.B. came to the attention of police on May 21, 2015, and a referral was made to the county intake worker on July 1, 2015, for an "intake inquiry." See Wis. Stat. § 938.24(1). Per the *783statute, an intake worker is required to do one of the following within forty…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. State v. Lindsey A.F.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 2003

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