In re E. M. D.

OPINION

RABINOWITZ, Justice.

In this appeal we are called upon to decide whether a minor who has been adjudged a child in need of supervision can be institutionalized under our children’s code.

Both Alaska’s statutes relating to children’s proceedings and the rules of procedure governing such proceedings establish three distinct categories of children. Thus, a child can be declared a dependent minor, a child in need of supervision, or a delinquent minor. AS 47.10.290(7) defines a “child in need of supervision” as a minor whom the court determines is within the provisions of AS 47.10.010(a) (2),…