(1) The juvenile court is authorized to establish juvenile probation departments or divisions.
Subject to the provisions of section 13-3-105, C.R.S., the juvenile court is authorizedto appoint juvenile probation officers and such other professional and clerical personnel as may be required. Juvenile probation officers shall have the powers and duties specified in section 192-926 and shall have the powers of peace officers, as described in sections 16-2.5-101 and 162.5-138, C.R.S.
Upon the agreement of the juvenile court judges, the approval of the chief judge ineach district or, for the second judicial district, the presiding judge of the Denver juvenile court, and the approval of the chief justice of the supreme court, two or more contiguous judicial districts may combine to form an interdistrict juvenile probation department.
(a) The juvenile court judges are authorized to enter into agreements with the state department of human services, county departments of human or social services, other public agencies, private agencies, or with other juvenile courts to provide supervision or other services for juveniles placed on probation by the court.
The conditions and terms of any such agreement shall be set forth in writing, including any payments to be made by the court for the services provided.
Any agreement made under this subsection (4) may be terminated upon ninety days'written notice by either party thereto.
Source: L. 96: Entire article amended with relocations, p. 1603, § 1, effective January 1, 1997. L. 2003: (4)(a) amended, p.1901, § 3, effective July 1; (2) amended, p.1627, § 56, effective August 6. L. 2018: (4)(a) amended, (SB 18-092), ch. 38, p. 412, § 40, effective August 8.
Editor's note: (1) This section was formerly numbered as 19-2-1001. Prior to relocation in 1996, the said section 19-2-1001 was contained in a title that was repealed and reenacted in 1987. Provisions of that section, as it existed in 1987, are similar to those contained in 19-5-101 as said section existed in 1986, the year prior to the repeal and reenactment of this title.
(2) The former section 19-2-204 was relocated to section 19-2-508 when this article was amended with relocations in 1996.
Cross references: For the legislative declaration in SB 18-092, see section 1 of chapter 38, Session Laws of Colorado 2018.