Lake County Office of Family & Children v. Odisho

OPINION

GARRARD, Judge.

The Lake County Office of Family and Children (OFC) appeals a delinquency disposition order making Samuel Odisho, Jr. a ward of the OFC.

*537FACTS

On March 18, 1998, Odisho accidentally shot and killed a friend. On March 31, 1998, Odisho's father, fearing that his son was suicidal, contacted his son's probation officer.1 Odisho's father was directed to the OFC, where Harold Barnwell apparently told him to take Odisho to Our Lady of Mercy Hospital and have the Hospital contact the OFC to arrange a Child in Need of Services ("CHINS") hearing to make Odisho a ward. After one…