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IN INTEREST OF V.G.

No. 81-2232.

111 Wis.2d 647 (1983)

331 N.W.2d 632

IN the INTEREST OF V.G.: V.G., Appellant, v. STATE of Wisconsin, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of Wisconsin.

Decided February 16, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the appellant the cause was submitted on the brief of Terry W. Rose of Rose & Rose of Kenosha.

For the respondent the cause was submitted on the brief of Lennie Weber, assistant district attorney, of Kenosha.

An amicus curiae brief was submitted on behalf of Youth Policy and Law Center, Inc. by Thomas E. Dixon of Madison.

Before Voss, P.J., Brown and Scott, JJ.

[1]

SCOTT, J.

V.G. appeals from an order adjudging her delinquent. The issue on appeal is whether a juvenile can be found delinquent because she violated a dispositional order resulting from a status offense. We find that a juvenile court is without jurisdiction to adjudge a child delinquent solely because she is in contempt of court. Accordingly, we reverse.

On June 25, 1981, a fifteen year...

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