State v. B.S.

The state appeals from an order declaring that sec. 48.355(6), Stats.,1 which provides for *385sanctions when a juvenile delinquent violates a disposi-tional order, is unconstitutional because it deprives juveniles of liberty without due process of law, contrary to the fourteenth amendment to the United States Constitution. The issues are (1) whether the sanctions statute is a punitive contempt provision which denies juveniles the procedural due process protections granted to adults facing punitive contempt; and (2) if it is not, whether the procedure specified in the statute provides adequate…