Mississippi State Department of Human Services, Office of Youth Services v. Forrest County Youth Court

The majority would reverse and render the Youth Court Judge on both issues. I cannot agree with the majority’s analysis of the law nor of Judge McPhail’s intent as determined from the language of the commitment order. While I do agree that a youth court judge cannot require “proof’ of rehabilitation efforts in advance of the superintendent’s release of a child from training school, nevertheless I would affirm the decision as not being a determinative commitment and would allow the youth court judge to require of the training school access to the information and/or testimony essential that was…