A-21-0687, In re Interest of Marquee N.
Lincoln County Court, Judge Joel Jay
Attorney for Appellant: Claire K. Bazata (Berreckman & Bazata, P.C., L.L.O.)
Attorney for Appellee: Kortnei Smith (Lincoln County Attorney’s Office)
Juvenile Action: detention and placement
Action Taken by Trial Court: The county court, sitting as a juvenile court, continued the detention of Marquee Jr. and declined to place him in the home of Marquee Sr.
Assignments of Error on Appeal: On appeal, Marquee Sr. assigns that the juvenile court erred in (1) failing to timely hold an evidentiary hearing regarding the removal of the minor child, (2) failing to return the minor child to Marquee Sr., (3) failing to afford him due process prior to ordering him to submit to wearing a drug test patch, and (4) finding that reasonable efforts had been made to preserve and reunify the family.