APPLICATION OF PETERSON

No. 88-182.

767 P.2d 319 (1989)

In the Matter of the Application of Robert PETERSON on Behalf of B.S.M., a Youth.

Supreme Court of Montana.

Decided January 6, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert M. Peterson, Helena, for petitioner.

David G. Rice, Hill County Atty., Havre, Mike Greely, Atty. Gen., Helena, for respondent.


TURNAGE, Chief Justice.

This petition for writ of habeas corpus arises from the Youth Court of the Twelfth Judicial District. The Youth Court determined that B.S.M. was a delinquent youth. The Youth Court committed B.S.M. to the Department of Family Services, Linda K. Walker, Regional Administrator, for placement in an appropriate facility. The petitioner alleges that the Department of Family Services does not have the authority to place delinquent youths, but that...

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