In the Interest of K.W.G. v. State

JOANOS, Judge.

As legal custodian,1 the Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services (HRS) challenges an order adjudicating K.W.G. a delinquent in which the court ordered K.W.G. to serve a minimum of 18 months with HRS unless written permission was obtained from the court. The custodian argues that the trial court erred by committing the child to a determinate period of time. We agree, find that the order is improper, and reverse.

In its Order of Adjudication of Delinquency, the trial court ordered that the “[c]hild is not to be released prior to 18 months without written permission from…