M.A.L. v. State

The juvenile, M.A.L., appeals her adjudication of delinquency and commitment to a moderate risk residential program after the trial court found her guilty of violating her probation. The juvenile argues that the court erred in three respects: (1) conducting the disposition hearing at a sidebar conference outside of her and her father’s presence, thereby denying them the opportunity to be heard on this issue of disposition; (2) finding she violated a condition of her probation by using drugs based solely on hearsay testimony; and (3) failing to enter a written order specifying the conditions…