MATTER OF L.R.T.

No. 83-397.

680 P.2d 579 (1984)

In the Matter of L.R.T., R.A.C., T.P.V. and M.L.B., YOUTHS.

Supreme Court of Montana.

Decided May 7, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mike Greely, Atty. Gen., Helena, Ronald W. Smith, County Atty., Havre, for appellant.

Hauge, Ober, Hauge & Brown, Havre, for L.R.T.

Altman & Lilletvedt, Havre, for R.A.C.

Mark A. Suagee, Havre, for M.L.B.


SHEA, Justice.

The State of Montana appeals an order of the Hill County District Court dismissing the State's petition to declare four youths as delinquents. The dismissal was based on section 41-5-516, MCA, as it existed before the 1983 amendments. We affirm.

At the time the petition was filed under the Youth Court Act in June 1983, section 41-5-516, provided a mandatory hearing within 15 days of service of process for youths in custody (subsection 1), and...

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