S.M. v. State

A juvenile appeals a disposition order finding her guilty of violating her probation. She raises multiple arguments, chief among them are that the court erred in revoking her probation based solely on hearsay and allegations not contained in the petition for violation of probation, and in excluding her from part of the disposition hearing without her personal waiver. We agree and reverse.

After the juvenile pled to burglary and related crimes, the court withheld adjudication and placed her on probation. The juvenile’s grandmother had custody of her. CareSource was the juvenile’s legal guardian.