IN INTEREST OF AB

No. C-91-1.

839 P.2d 386 (1992)

In the Interest of AB, a Minor. PMB, Appellant (Respondent), v. STATE of Wyoming, GOSHEN COUNTY DEPARTMENT of SOCIAL SERVICES, Appellee (Petitioner).

Supreme Court of Wyoming.

October 14, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jerry M. Smith, Ann T. Schnelzer, Sigler & Smith Law Offices, Torrington, for appellant.

Joseph B. Meyer, Atty. Gen., Michael L. Hubbard, Deputy Atty. Gen., and Richard E. Dixon, Sr. Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.

Keith G. Kautz, Sawyer, Warren & Kautz, Torrington, guardian ad litem for AB.

Before MACY, C.J., and THOMAS, CARDINE, URBIGKIT and GOLDEN, JJ.


THOMAS, Justice.

The primary issue presented in this appeal is whether an order by a district court commissioner, made following a shelter care hearing conducted after the filing of a petition in juvenile court alleging neglect of a child, was a final disposition of the issues and entitled to recognition under the doctrine of res judicata. The proceeding was instituted and conducted in juvenile court pursuant to the provisions of Wyo.Stat. §§ 14-6...

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