Juveniles – delinquency

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Wisconsin Court of Appeals

Civil

Juveniles – delinquency – jurisdiction — waiver

Taylor M. S. appeals from the circuit court’s waiver of juvenile court jurisdiction. Green Lake County petitioned for an adjudication of delinquency regarding the juvenile Taylor based on her alleged burglary and concealment of stolen property. At the time of the petition, Taylor was sixteen years old, just three months away from her 17th birthday. The county petitioned for waiver of juvenile court jurisdiction, noting Taylor’s substantial involvement in the juvenile justice system, the many treatments and interventions that had failed to rehabilitate Taylor, and the proximity of Taylor’s seventeenth birthday, making continuance in the juvenile justice system likely to fail. The circuit court concluded that it was contrary to the best interests of Taylor or the public for the circuit court with juvenile jurisdiction to hear the case. Taylor petitioned this court for leave to appeal the circuit court’s nonfinal order, and we granted leave to appeal. See Wis. Stat. Rule 809.50(3). This opinion will not be published.

2013AP1337 State v. Taylor M.S.

Dist II, Green Lake County, Slate, J., Neubauer, P.J.

Attorneys: For Appellant: Groh, Jonathan Thomas, Neenah; For Respondent: Weber, Gregory M., Madison; Vanden Branden, Lisa M., Green Lake