State of Indiana v. I.T.

OPINION

FRIEDLANDER, Judge.

The State appeals from the juvenile court’s order rescinding its prior approval of a delinquency petition filed against I.T. Concluding sua sponte that the State is without authority to appeal a juvenile court’s order withdrawing its approval of the filing of a delinquency petition, we dismiss. 1

In April 2011, then fifteen-year-old I.T. was adjudicated a delinquent child for committing an act that would constitute class B felony child molesting if committed by an adult. As part of its dispositional order, the juvenile court placed I.T. on probation and ordered him to…