Department of Health & Rehabilitative Services ex rel. M.H. v. State

SMITH, Judge.

The Department1 appeals a commitment order adjudicating M.H. delinquent for violating the probation terms of a previous order under which M.H. had been found in contempt, and in which adjudication of delinquency had been withheld. The act of contempt occurred when M.H. violated the provisions of a dependency order which required her to attend school and abide by a curfew. The Department contends that M.H. may not be committed to the Department and placed in a residential facility based upon an adjudication of delinquency founded upon a finding of contempt for violation of a court…