In Re the Welfare of C.T.T.

OPINION

CRIPPEN, Judge.

Appellant asks that a juvenile delinquency proceeding be dismissed because the disposition was made long after the time permitted under Minn.R.Juv.Cts. 30.02(a). The rule provides that the court “shall” make a disposition of the matter within forty-five (45) days from the adjudication of delinquency for a child not held in detention. 1 Alternatively, C.T.T. believes the trial court abused its discretion in refusing to permit him to go directly into an outpatient treatment program.

FACTS

C.T.T. was adjudicated delinquent on September 27, 1989, seven months after his 17th…