8-204. Termination of appointment; hearing;
notice
A. The director of juvenile court services shall serve at the pleasure of the
presiding judge of the juvenile court.
B. In counties which have adopted or hereafter adopt a limited county employee
merit system pursuant to title 11, chapter 2, article 10 or a judicial merit system, all
employees of the juvenile court other than the director of juvenile court services shall
be included in such county merit system or judicial merit system and entitled to the same
privileges and protections provided in such merit system for other county employees or
court employees.
C. In counties without a county employee merit system the employment of a juvenile
probation officer, who has served in such position for more than two years, shall not be
terminated involuntarily unless written notice of the cause for termination is given to
the juvenile probation officer. Such juvenile probation officer may within three days
after such notice request that the presiding judge of the juvenile court review the
termination, and the presiding judge of the juvenile court shall within ten days after
such request for review hear the matter, and the juvenile probation officer shall be
permitted to present evidence on his own behalf at such hearing. The presiding judge of
the juvenile court shall either affirm or withdraw the termination notice, and his
decision shall be final and not appealable.
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