A Minor v. Juvenile Division of the Seventh Judicial District Court

OPINION

By the Court,

Springer, J.:

These two consolidated appeals challenge the legality of the commitments of two children to Nevada’s “juvenile correctional institutions, ” the Nevada Youth Training Center and the Nevada Girls Training Center.

STATEMENT OF FACTS

Appeal No. 12842, Ivan:

Ivan was brought before the juvenile division of the Seventh Judicial District Court, Lincoln County, by a petition filed November 13, 1979 by one Roland Simmons. The petition states that “on or about November 6, 1979, in Caliente Nevada, IVAN . . . disregarded proper directions from his parent.. . by becoming…