J.T.S. v. State

OPINION

MANNHEIMER, Judge.

J.T.S., a minor who was adjudicated delinquent; appeals from an order of the superior court allowing the Department of Health and Social Services to institutionalize him for up to two years or until his 19th birthday. AS 47.10.080(b)(1). J.T.S. contends that the superior court’s order violates Alaska Delinquency Rule 23(d) be-, cause institutionalization was not the “least restrictive alternative” available to the court. We remand.

Born in March 1973, J.T.S. was adjudicated a delinquent minor at the age of 15 on June 22, 1988 for committing third-degree criminal…