Linger v. Weiss

The first issue to be decided in this cause is whether a failure by a Juvenile Court to comply with the time schedules set out in Juv. R. 29(A) and 34(A) deprives the court of jurisdiction, and, thereby, opens its authority to collateral attack through a complaint for a writ of habeas corpus. Juv, R. 29(A) requires that, if the child who is the subject of the complaint alleging neglect is in shelter care, an adjudicatory hearing must be held not later than ten days after the filing of the complaint. Juv. R. 34 (A) states that the dispositional hearing may be held immediately following the…