BC-K v. State
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The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the juvenile court adjudicating BC-K, a minor, a delinquent, holding that because the legislature did not unequivocally state that a juvenile court loses subject matter jurisdiction if the ninety-day deadline is not met, the juvenile court did not lose jurisdiction over BC-K when it held the adjudicatory hearing 153 days after the State filed its petition.
At issue on appeal was whether the juvenile court lost subject matter jurisdiction over BC-K's case when it failed to hold the adjudicatory hearing within the statutory ninety-day deadline under Wyo. Stat. Ann. 14-6-209(c) and 14-6-226(b). The Supreme Court answered the question in the negative, holding that the juvenile court did not lose jurisdiction after ninety days in this case.
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