State v. Nicholas K. (In Re Interest of Nicholas K.)

NATURE OF CASE

Nicholas K. appeals from a disposition by the separate juvenile court of Douglas County which ordered him placed in a residential group home. The appeal presents the question of whether the out-of-home placement order complied with Neb. Rev. Stat. § 43-251.01 (7) (Reissue 2016), which requires that a juvenile not be placed out of his or her home as a dispositional order unless "(a) [a]ll available community-based resources" have been exhausted and "(b) [there is] a significant risk of harm to the juvenile or community" by "[m]aintaining the juvenile in the home." We conclude the…