APPLICATION OF ROBERTS

SC 27462.

622 P.2d 1094 (1981)

290 Or. 441

In the matter of the APPLICATION OF Donovan ROBERTS for a Writ of Habeas Corpus. Donovan Roberts, by and through His Guardian Ad Litem Robert Nagler, Plaintiff-Relator, v. Frank L. Mills, Jr., Superintendent of the Skipworth Detention Home, Defendant.

Supreme Court of Oregon, In Banc.

Decided January 22, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carla Koford, Eugene, argued the cause for plaintiff-relator.

William F. Gary, Deputy Sol. Gen., Salem, argued the cause for defendant.


LENT, Justice.

This case arises out of proceedings in the Circuit Court of Lane County, Juvenile Department. Plaintiff is a child, 14 years of age, and defendant is the superintendent of Skipworth Juvenile Home in that county. A petition was filed in the circuit court alleging that the child was within the jurisdiction of the juvenile court under ORS 419.476(1)(a), which provides:

"(1) The juvenile court has exclusive jurisdiction in any case involving a...

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