In the Interest of M.D.

¶ 1 We address the question of whether an order entered after a juvenile review hearing, directing that the juvenile’s commitment be continued in the same treatment facility, is a final order subject to appeal. We conclude that it is not and so quash the appeal.

¶ 2 M.D., born in February of 1984, has a long history of mental health problems, including several involuntary commitments. When M.D. was fourteen he attacked his father (Father), with whom he was living, and was charged with simple assault by way of a juvenile petition for delinquency. A second petition charged M.D. with simple and…