In Re Batey

Hillary Ronald Batey has appealed from an order of the juvenile court declaring him a ward of said court and that he be detained at juvenile hall for 10 days.

Appellant, a 16-year-old boy, was arrested on charges of assault and battery after he injured another minor in a fight. The case was transferred to the juvenile court wherein a petition was filed by the probation officer alleging that appellant was guilty of assault, battery, disturbing the peace, driving at 40 miles per hour in a 25-mile per hour zone, and driving a motor vehicle with excessive exhaust noise. The probation officer recommended that appellant be made a ward of the juvenile court; that he be detained at juvenile hall for one week; that he pay his victim’s medical expenses; and that he be deprived of his driver’s license for 30 days. The juvenile court after a hearing declared appellant to be a ward of the court and ordered that he be detained in juvenile hall for 10 days and that he be deprived of his driver’s license for 30 days. That order has been stayed by a writ of supersedeas pending this appeal.

Appellant contends that the court’s order is void because there was no finding that appellant’s parents…