In the Interest of RCR, a Minor Child: State of Wyoming, Department of Family Services; Wyoming Boys' School; and…

Summary

The court held that the appeal was technically moot because the Wyoming Boys’ School purged its contempt and the juvenile was later adjudicated delinquent, but reviewed the issues under all three recognized mootness exceptions. It held that the juvenile court abused its discretion by ordering the School to detain an alleged delinquent juvenile before adjudication because the statutory scheme authorizes the School to receive qualifying adjudicated juveniles for reform, not to provide pre-adjudication detention. The court therefore reversed the contempt ruling and the related placement order.