IN RE N.J.A.

No. 97-1146.

997 S.W.2d 554 (1999)

In the Matter of N.J. A., Respondent.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Decided July 1, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alan Curry, John B. Holmes, Jr., Barbara K. Twigg, Houston, for Relator.

Gary M. Polland, Dionne Susan Press, Houston, for Respondent.


Justice BAKER delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Justice ENOCH, Justice OWEN, Justice HANKINSON, Justice O'NEILL and Justice GONZALES joined.

In this case, we consider whether a juvenile court had jurisdiction over N.J.A., a juvenile defendant, who was eighteen years old when her adjudication hearing began. The court of appeals held that the juvenile court did not have jurisdiction over N.J.A., and, therefore, the juvenile court erred in signing an adjudication...

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