B.P. v. COM.

Record No. 2027-01-4.

568 S.E.2d 412 (2002)

38 Va. App. 735

B.P., v. COMMONWEALTH of Virginia.

Court of Appeals of Virginia, Alexandria.

August 20, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cindy Leigh Decker, Assistant Public Defender (Office of the Public Defender, on brief), for appellant.

Michael T. Judge, Assistant Attorney General (Jerry W. Kilgore, Attorney General, on brief), for appellee.

Present: BENTON, BUMGARDNER and AGEE, JJ.


AGEE, Judge.

B.P., a juvenile, appeals the judgment of the Circuit Court of Rappahannock County affirming the decision of the juvenile and domestic relations district court (the JDR court) holding B.P. in contempt for failing to obey an order requiring her to attend school. B.P. was ordered to spend ten days in a juvenile detention center for violating the order. On appeal, B.P. contends the JDR court lacked authority to order her to attend school. Therefore, she...

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