From Casetext: Smarter Legal Research

In re D.N.

Court of Appeals of Ohio, Eighth District, Cuyahoga County
Jun 16, 2011
2011 Ohio 2932 (Ohio Ct. App. 2011)

Opinion

No. 96025.

RELEASED AND JOURNALIZED: June 16, 2011.

Civil Appeal from the Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas, Juvenile Division, Case No. DL 10116176.

DISMISSED.

Timothy Young, State Public Defender, By: Sheryl A. Trzaska, Assistant State Public Defender, Attorneys for Appellant.

William D. Mason, Cuyahoga County Prosecutor, By: Milko Cecez, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, Attorneys for Appellee, State of Ohio.

BEFORE: Rocco, J., Jones, P.J., and Keough, J.


JOURNAL ENTRY AND OPINION


{¶ 1} Appellant D.N. appeals from the order of the Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas, Juvenile Division, adjudging her a delinquent. We find the juvenile court's order is not final and appealable. Therefore, we must dismiss this appeal.

The parties are not referred to by their names because it is this court's policy to protect the privacy of children.

{¶ 2} On September 3, 2010, a complaint was filed against appellant, a seventeen-year-old child, alleging she was delinquent by reason of having committed acts which, if committed by an adult, would constitute two felonious assaults with a hammer in violation of R.C. 2903.11(A)(2), one against her mother and one against her guardian. The complaint also alleged that appellant committed an act, which, if committed by an adult, would constitute the offense of domestic violence in violation of R.C. 2919.25(A), against another family member of her household. D.N. denied the allegations in the complaint and the case proceeded to an adjudicatory hearing on September 21, 2010.

{¶ 3} Following the hearing, and in its entry journalized on September 28, 2010, the juvenile court found "the allegations of the complaint have been proven beyond a reasonable doubt." Therefore, the court adjudicated appellant a delinquent.

{¶ 4} On October 19, 2010, the juvenile court issued its dispositional order and committed D.N. to the Ohio Department of Youth Services (ODYS) for a minimum of 12 months for one count of felonious assault with a maximum period not to exceed the child's attainment of the age of twenty-one years. The judgment order was silent as to appellant's other adjudications of delinquency in this case.

{¶ 5} "A court of appeals has no jurisdiction over orders that are not final and appealable." State v. Baker, 119 Ohio St.3d 197, 2008-Ohio-3330, 897 N.E.2d 163, ¶ 6. This court, as well as others in this state, have held that "a juvenile court must render a disposition as to each count for which a juvenile is adjudicated delinquent. To hold otherwise would risk leaving issues unresolved." In re A.H., Cuyahoga App. No. 2011-Ohio-2039; In re D.M., Cuyahoga App. No. 95386, 2011-Ohio-2036. See, also, In re S.S., Summit App. No. 24565, 2009-Ohio-4515; In re Huckleby, Defiance App. No. 4-06-40, 2007-Ohio-6149. The juvenile court's entry here did not dispose of the domestic violence or other felonious assault counts of delinquency. Therefore, we must dismiss this appeal.

It is ordered that appellant pay the costs herein taxed.

The court finds there were reasonable grounds for this appeal.

It is ordered that a special mandate be sent to said court to carry this judgment into execution.

A certified copy of this entry shall constitute the mandate pursuant to Rule 27 of the Rules of Appellate Procedure.

KENNETH A. ROCCO, JUDGE LARRY A. JONES, P.J., and KATHLEEN ANN KEOUGH, J., CONCUR.


Summaries of

In re D.N.

Court of Appeals of Ohio, Eighth District, Cuyahoga County
Jun 16, 2011
2011 Ohio 2932 (Ohio Ct. App. 2011)
Case details for

In re D.N.

Case Details

Full title:In Re: D.N., A Minor Child

Court:Court of Appeals of Ohio, Eighth District, Cuyahoga County

Date published: Jun 16, 2011

Citations

2011 Ohio 2932 (Ohio Ct. App. 2011)