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IN RE E.M.D.

No. 1524.

490 P.2d 658 (1971)

In the Matter of E.M.D., a Minor Child.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

November 15, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Herbert D. Soll, Public Defender, Bruce A. Bookman, Asst. Public Defender, Anchorage, for the minor child.

John E. Havelock, Atty. Gen., Juneau, Seaborn J. Buckalew, Jr., Dist. Atty., Robert L. Eastaugh, Asst. Dist. Atty., Anchorage, for State of Alaska.

Before BONEY, C.J., and DIMOND, RABINOWITZ, CONNOR, and ERWIN, JJ.

OPINION

RABINOWITZ, Justice.

In this appeal we are called upon to decide whether a minor who has been adjudged a child in need of supervision can be institutionalized under our children's code.

Both Alaska's statutes relating to children's proceedings and the rules of procedure governing such proceedings establish three distinct categories of children. Thus, a child can be declared a dependent minor, a child in need of supervision, or a delinquent...

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