Missouri Laws 211.382 – Professionals retained by juvenile court, when
Terms Used In Missouri Laws 211.382
- Juvenile court: means the juvenile division or divisions of the circuit court of the county, or judges while hearing juvenile cases assigned to them. See Missouri Laws 211.021
- Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
- State: when applied to any of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories, and the words "United States" includes such district and territories. See Missouri Laws 1.020
As a provider of programs and services to children and families at the local level, the juvenile court system may recruit and retain qualified professionals to provide vital services to children in local communities and to the citizens of the state. In order to provide these critical services, an enhanced partnership between the state and the counties shall be established. This partnership provides greater assistance to both single and multicounty circuits by the state assuming the juvenile court employees of the multicounty circuits as state employees while maintaining the current status of juvenile court employees in a single county circuit in which all juvenile court employees are provided with retirement and other fringe benefits at the time of this enactment.