C.A.F. v. State

Petitioner, C.A.F., seeks habeas corpus review of a so-called “release order” of the circuit court imposing “conditions of release” that he contends unlawfully impose significant restraints on his liberty. These conditions include provisions such as a dusk-to-dawn curfew, obedience to all “household rules and requirements” and all school rules, evening study and submission to the court of progress reports from each teacher. We agree that there is no lawful authority for the order to which the juvenile court below has subjected Petitioner child because the child is in no legal status from…