In Interest of Jason B.

Jason B. appeals from a disposi-tional order adjudicating him to be a delinquent child upon a finding of theft, as party to a crime, in violation of secs. 943.20(l)(a), (3)(a) and 939.05, Stats. Jason B. defines the sole issue on appeal as whether dismissal of a petition without prejudice after noncompliance with a mandatory time limit constitutes good cause for refiling the same petition beyond the mandatory time limits of sec. 48.25(2)(a), Stats. We conclude that good cause existed for the untimely refiling of the petition.

I. BACKGROUND

The facts, all matters of record, are undisputed. On…