Q.m., a Child Under Eighteen v. Commonwealth of Kentucky

Summary

The court held that a juvenile case placed into an informal adjustment cannot later be returned to formal adjudication and disposition because the child allegedly violated an informal-adjustment condition. The district court also lacked authority to impose an indefinite out-of-state banishment and failed to establish an agreed, definite, lawful adjustment supported by the child’s best interests. The court reversed the circuit court and vacated the adjudication and disposition. No separate opinions were filed.