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9-27-308. Personnel — Duties.
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9-27-308. Personnel — Duties.
(a)Intake Officers.
(1) The judge or judges of the circuit court designated to hear juvenile cases in their district plan under Supreme Court Administrative Order Number 14, originally issued April 6, 2001, shall designate no fewer than one (1) person in his or her judicial district as intake officer for the court.
(2)(A) An intake officer shall have the following duties:
(i) To receive and investigate complaints and charges that a juvenile is delinquent or dependent-neglected, or that a family is in need of services;
(ii) To make appropriate referrals to other public or private agencies of the community if their assistance appears to be needed or desired; and
(iii) To perform all other functions assigned to him or her by this subchapter, by rules promulgated pursuant thereto, or by order of the court.
(B) Any of the foregoing functions may be performed in another state if authorized by a court of this state and permitted by the laws of the other state.
(3) If the intake officer has reasonable cause to suspect that a juvenile has been subjected to child maltreatment as defined in § 12-18-103(7), the intake officer shall immediately notify the central intake of the Department of Human Services.
(b)Probation Officers.
(1) The judge or judges of the circuit court designated to hear juvenile cases in their district plan under Supreme Court Administrative Order Number 14, originally issued April 6, 2001, shall designate no fewer than one (1) person in his or her judicial district as probation officer.
(2) A probation officer shall have the following duties:
(A) To make appropriate investigations and reports when required to do so by any provision of this subchapter or the rules promulgated pursuant thereto or by order of th
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 9-27-308
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9-27-308. Personnel — Duties.
(a)Intake Officers.
(1) The judge or judges of the circuit court designated to hear juvenile cases in their district plan under Supreme Court Administrative Order Number 14, originally issued April 6, 2001, shall designate no fewer than one (1) person in his or her judicial district as intake officer for the court.
(2)(A) An intake officer shall have the following duties:
(i) To receive and investigate complaints and charges that a juvenile is delinquent or dependent-neglected, or that a family is in need of services;
(ii) To make appropriate referrals to other public or private agencies of the community if their assistance appears to be needed or desired; and
(iii) To perform all other functions assigned to him or her by this subchapter, by rules promulgated pursuant thereto, or by order of the court.
(B) Any of the foregoing functions may be performed in another state if authorized by a court of this state and permitted by the laws of the other state.
(3) If the intake officer has reasonable cause to suspect that a juvenile has been subjected to child maltreatment as defined in § 12-18-103(7), the intake officer shall immediately notify the central intake of the Department of Human Services.
(b)Probation Officers.
(1) The judge or judges of the circuit court designated to hear juvenile cases in their district plan under Supreme Court Administrative Order Number 14, originally issued April 6, 2001, shall designate no fewer than one (1) person in his or her judicial district as probation officer.
(2) A probation officer shall have the following duties:
(A) To make appropriate investigations and reports when required to do so by any provision of this subchapter or the rules promulgated pursuant thereto or by order of the court;
(B) To aid and counsel juveniles and their families when required to do so by order of the court;
(C) To perform all other appropriate functions assigned to him or her by this subchapter or the rules promulgated pursuant thereto or by order of the court; and
(D) To give appropriate aid and assistance to the court when requested to do so by the judge.
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12-18-103. Definitions.
As used in this chapter:
(1)(A) “Abandonment” means:
(i) The failure of a parent to provide reasonable support and to maintain regular contact with a child through statement or contact when the failure is accompanied by an intention on the part of the parent to permit the condition to continue for an indefinite period in the future or the failure of a parent to support or maintain regular contact with a child without just cause; or
(ii) An articulated intent to forego parental responsibility.
(B) “Abandonment” does not include:
(i) Acts or omissions of a parent toward a married minor; or
(ii) A situation in which a child has disrupted his or her adoption and the adoptive parent has exhausted the available resources;
(2)(A) “Abortion” means the act of using or prescribing any instrument, medicine, drug, or any other substance, device, or means with the intent to terminate the clinically diagnosable pregnancy of a woman with knowledge that the termination by those means will with reasonable likelihood cause the death of the unborn child.
(B) “Abortion” does not mean the act of using or prescribing any instrument, medicine, drug, or any other substance, device, or means with the intent to terminate the clinically diagnosable pregnancy if done with the intent to:
(i) Save the life or preserve the health of the unborn child;
(ii) Remove a dead unborn child caused by spontaneous abortion; or
(iii) Remove an ectopic pregnancy;
(3)(A) “Abuse” means any of the following acts or omissions by a parent, guardian, custodian, foster parent, person eighteen (18) years of age or older living in the home with a child whether related or unrelated to the child, or any person who is entrusted with the child's care by a parent, guardian, cust
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 12-18-103
Stored review status: Historical 2020-11-06 source release; later amendments not reconciled; machine-extracted, not independently legally reviewed; source heading status: text_in_historical_source. The source passage cites 12-18-103. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.