State v. Azure

Section 27-20-02, NDCC, establishes three categories of children over whom the juvenile court may exercise jurisdiction: “deprived children,” “unruly children” and “delinquent children.” In Interest of C.S., 382 N.W.2d 381, 383 (N.D.1986). The permissible dispositions for each category are different. See NDCC § 27-20-30 -32. In particular, section 27-20-32, NDCC, authorizes the juvenile court to make any disposition of a child adjudicated unruly which is “authorized for a delinquent child except commitment to the state industrial school.” (Emphasis added.) The “unruly child” category is used…