H.J. v. State

This appeal1 is a companion case to A.C. v. State, 888 So.2d 518 (Ala.Civ.App.2004). In this case, as in A.C., a juvenile who had never previously been adjudicated to be a child in need of supervision (“CHINS”) was found to be a CHINS by the Family Court of Jefferson County (sitting as the Jefferson Juvenile Court) and, among other things, was ordered to complete the “High Intensity Training” program (“H.I.T. program”) of the Alabama Department of Youth Services, a residential boot camp for juveniles. The same juvenile-court judge who heard and decided AC. also heard and decided this case,…