In the Interest of L.C.A.

¶ 25. With respect, I must dissent from the majority’s finding that the Youth Court of Jones County complied with the procedural requirements of Mississippi Code Annotated section 43-21-557 (2004) in adjudicating L.C.A. a delinquent child. I further dissent from the majority’s finding that the evidence was sufficient to support the court’s judgment of delinquency.

¶26. The record does not contain any evidence that the youth court complied with the dictates of section 43-21-557, as required by law, at the commencement of L.C.A.’s adjudicatory hearing on January 26, 2005.4

*308¶ 27. Prior to January…