8-203. Court employees; appointment;
certification; qualifications; salary; bond
A. The presiding judge of the juvenile court shall appoint a director of juvenile
court services who shall serve at the pleasure of the presiding juvenile judge.
B. The director of juvenile court services shall recommend the appointment of
deputy probation officers, detention personnel, other personnel and office assistants as
the director deems necessary. Such deputy probation officers, detention personnel, other
personnel and office assistants shall not have authority to act or draw a salary for
their services until their appointments have been approved and ordered by the presiding
judge of the juvenile court. A juvenile probation officer performing field supervision
shall not supervise more than an average of thirty-five juveniles on probation at one
time.
C. Probation department personnel shall qualify under minimum standards of
experience and education established by the supreme court. Notwithstanding section
12-265, any additional salary costs that might be required as a result of the adoption of
minimum salary standards by the supreme court may be paid by funds made available to the
probation department pursuant to sections 12-267 and 12-268 or by the supreme court.
D. The presiding judge of the juvenile court may contract with the juvenile court
and the board of supervisors in one or more adjoining counties jointly to employ one or
more juvenile probation officers who meet the minimum standards, with the salaries and
expenses for such personnel divided equally among the counties involved. The presiding
judge of the juvenile court may contract with the state department of corrections for the
juvenile court to provide parole services in the county.
E. The board of supervisors, on recommendation of the presiding judge of the
juvenile court, shall fix the salary ranges of all juvenile probation department
personnel. Juvenile probation department personnel shall be hired pursuant to the rules
and procedures approved by the supreme court.
F. Each director of juvenile court services and deputy juvenile probation officer
receiving an official salary shall furnish a bond in the sum of not less than two
thousand dollars which is approved by the judge of the juvenile court and conditioned for
the faithful discharge of the duties of his office. If such bonds are furnished by a
surety company licensed to transact business in the state, the premiums on such bonds
shall be a county charge. In the event the employees are included in a master bond
pursuant to county regulations or covered by state risk management, the individual bonds
prescribed shall not be required.
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