Interest of M.H.P.

CROTHERS, Justice.

[¶ 1] The State of North Dakota appeals a juvenile court order adopting a judicial referee’s findings of fact and order dismissing the State’s petition alleging M.H.P. was a delinquent child. We dismiss in part and affirm in part.

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[¶ 2] On August 3, 2011, the State filed a petition alleging M.H.P. was a delinquent child who committed gross sexual imposition in violation of N.D.C.C. § 12.1-20-03(l)(d), a class A felony if committed by an adult. The State alleged M.H.P., a fifteen-year-old male, engaged in sexual contact with E.B., born in 2002, by intentionally touching…