State v. Luis Adame Juarez

ON THE BRIEFS

HORTON, Justice.

This is a companion case to State v. Garcia, No. 42516, 159 Idaho 6, 355 P.3d 635, 2015 WL 5000550 (Aug. 24, 2015). The State appeals the Ada County magistrate court’s dismissal of the State’s motion for contempt brought against Luis Juarez for failing to make payments ordered in a juvenile proceeding. The magistrate court concluded that it lost jurisdiction by operation of Idaho Code section 20-507. The State appealed and the district court affirmed. We reverse the decision of the district court.

I. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

In 2002, Juarez admitted to…