CHILDREN AND THE LAW
...Delinquency Matters
......Disposition
.........Removal From Home
............Group Home or Ranch or Camp
3 Cards On This Topic:
  • Court may order confinement in juvenile home, ranch, camp or forestry camp.
  • While court did not abuse its discretion in removing M from father's home, nothing in the record supported placing her at a group home many hours away—this was contrary to W&IC §727.1 and §706.6, and required reversal.
  • 120-day minimum period of confinement in camp is authorized by W&IC 730.