J.S. v. State

J.S., a juvenile, appeals the trial court’s order committing her to a low-risk residential program following her violation of probation, arguing that the court erred by failing to provide sufficient reasons to deviate from the recommendation of continued probation made by the Department of Juvenile Justice (Department). Concluding that J.S. failed to preserve the alleged error and that preservation of error is required pursuant to the July 1, 1999 amendment to the juvenile appeal statute, we affirm.

In April of 2000, J.S. pleaded nolo con-tendere to committing the crime of battery. ■ .The…