In Interest of H.N.T.

H.N.T. appeals the juvenile court’s order dismissing a Petition for Determination of Status which alleged H.N.T. to be delinquent. The juvenile court found H.N.T. to be eighteen years of age or older. Thus, the juvenile court ruled it did not have subject matter jurisdiction.

We conclude the prior adult court proceedings which litigated the question of H.N.T.’s age estopped the state from relitigating the same question in the juvenile court. The adult court previously determined that H.N.T. was under the age of eighteen years. As a result, that court dismissed a criminal complaint against…