In re K.A., Juvenile

¶ 1. As an anthropological text, the law reflects the principles a society holds dear and attempts to establish agreed upon community standards of behavior. * But over years of legislative enactments, some statutes cease to coexist peacefully with changes in society’s mores and may be misused. In this case, K.A. — a twelve-year-old, middle-school boy — committed inappropri ate acts outside his school, but he was adjudged delinquent under a statute prohibiting lewd acts relating to prostitution. We reverse.

¶ 2. The delinquency hearing established the following undisputed facts. In March 2014,…