Opinion No.

The Honorable Rita W. Gruber The Honorable Joyce Williams Warren The Honorable Wiley A. Branton, Jr. Circuit/Chancery Judges Juvenile Division 3001 W. Roosevelt Road Little Rock, Arkansas 72204

Dear Judges Gruber, Warren, and Branton:

This is in response to your request for an opinion on the jurisdiction of juvenile courts to adjudicate cases of "day curfew"1 violations by juveniles. You state that most curfew laws are city ordinances and that as such, "the current practice is that any time a minor is cited for a violation of the local city curfew ordinance, that city's municipal court…