Gregory C. v. State

OPINION

A juvenile court referee designated Gregory C. a child in need of supervision (CHINS) pursuant to NRS 62.040(l)(b). The district court affirmed the referee’s finding. Among other contentions, Gregory argues that the state adduced insufficient evidence at the hearing before the referee to support a CHINS finding. We agree, and therefore reverse.

THE FACTS

After he appeared of his own accord at Child Haven, a home for youths, fourteen-year-old Gregory was charged by petition with being a Child in Need of Supervision (CHINS). The petition did not set forth the specific facts constituting…