STATE OF LOUISIANA

STATE OF LOUISIANA NO. 2025 KW 0778 IN THE INTEREST OF B. E.

AUGUST 11, 2025

In Re: B. E., applying for supervisory writs, City Court of East St. Tammany, Parish of St. Tammany, No. 23JF6073.

BEFORE: McCLENDON, C. J., GREENE AND STROMBERG, JJ.

WRIT GRANTED. In families in need of services proceedings, when the child is adjudged guilty of direct or constructive contempt of court for repeated disobedience of the court' s judgment of disposition, " the court may commit the child to a secure detention facility for not more than seven days." See La. Ch. Code art. 1509. 1( C)( 2). We find merit in the child' s claim that the juvenile court committed legal error in sentencing him to sixty- three days for contempt of court. See State ex rel. T. H., 2010- 2215 ( La. 10/ 6/ 10), 45 So. 3d 611 ( per curiam.). The sentence imposed is illegal. Accordingly, the remaining sentence is vacated, and the juvenile court is ordered to immediately release B. E. from the secure detention facility, provided he is not being held on any unrelated charges. The juvenile court is ordered to provide this court with a copy of the Order for release by or before August 13, 2025.

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