A.M.R. v. State

*729OPINION

SHARPNACK, Chief Judge

A.M.R. appeals the trial court’s modification of its dispositional order finding her to be a delinquent child. She raises one issue, which we restate as whether the trial court abused its discretion when it modified its first dispositional order and committed her to the Indiana Department of Correction (“D.O.C.”). We reverse.

The facts most favorable to the judgment follow. On January 10, 2000, the State filed a petition alleging that A.M.R., who was fourteen years old, was a delinquent child for violating Indiana’s compulsory school attendance law.1 After A.M.R.…