In the Interest Of: Mf v. The State of Wyoming

HILL, Justice.

[¶1] Shortly before his sixteenth birth day, MF was adjudicated a "child in need of supervision," pursuant to the Wyoming Child in Need of Supervision Act (CHINS Act). After two probation violations, and four months before MF's seventeenth birthday, the juvenile court issued an order requiring that MF remain in the custody of the Department of Family Services (DFS) and on probation until his eighteenth birthday. MF appeals the juvenile court order, contending that any CHINS order must terminate when the child turns seventeen. We agree, and we reverse and vacate the court's order…