In Re Ames

Andersen, J.—

Facts of Case

We note that this is the third in a series of cases in which this court has recently had occasion to review the current status of the law relating to juvenile court practice and procedure in the state of Washington.

In the case of In re Noble, 15 Wn. App. 51, 547 P.2d 880 (1976), we summarized the requisites of a juvenile delinquency trial (called a “fact-finding” hearing in juvenile court terminology). Then in In re Hernandez, 15 Wn. App. 205, 548 P.2d 340 (1976), we covered the steps to be fol lowed in transferring jurisdiction over a juvenile from juvenile court to…