In Re JN

619 N.W.2d 403 (2000)

In the Interest of J.N., A Child, Appellant.

No. 99-1711.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

November 16, 2000.

Larry F. Woods, Oelwein, for appellant.

Thomas J. Miller, Attorney General, Janet L. Hoffman, Assistant Attorney General, and Joel Dryer, Assistant County Attorney, for appellee-State.

Considered en banc.

NEUMAN, Justice.

This appeal concerns a delinquent teenager, J.N., whose failure to successfully complete community-based treatment programs and services prompted the juvenile court to transfer him to the State Training School at Eldora. The question is whether J.N.'s placement at…