Missouri Revised Statutes

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 211.351 (2026)

Juvenile officers, appointment

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211.351. Juvenile officers, appointment — costs paid, how — grievance review committee of circuit, appointment, members. — 1. The court or the family court administrator in circuits where a family court administrator has been appointed to act as the appointing authority under section 487.060 shall appoint a juvenile officer and other necessary juvenile court personnel to serve under the direction of the court in each county of the first and second class and the circuit judge in circuits comprised of third and fourth class counties:

(1) May appoint a juvenile officer and other necessary personnel to serve the judicial circuit; or

(2) Circuit judges of any two or more adjoining circuits may by agreement, confirmed by judicial order, appoint a juvenile officer and other necessary personnel to serve their respective judicial circuits and, in such a case, the juvenile officers and other persons appointed shall serve under the joint direction of the judges so agreeing.

2. The presiding judge of the circuit shall ensure that any case in the family court or juvenile court division in which a juvenile officer is a participant is not heard by a judge who is the appointing authority for the juvenile officer or other necessary juvenile employees.

3. In the event a juvenile officer and other juvenile court personnel are appointed to serve as provided in subdivisions (1) and (2) of subsection 1 of this section, the total cost to the counties for the compensation of these persons shall be prorated among the several counties and upon a ratio to be determined by a comparison of the respective populations of the counties.

4. In each judicial circuit, a grievance review committee shall be appointed by the circuit court en banc to serve as final administrative authority of a grievance regarding personnel policy or action that negatively affects an employee of the family court and/or juvenile court who is not governed by the Missouri circuit court personnel system. The grievance review committee may be comprised of either the circuit court en banc, a committee of not less than three circuit or associate circuit judges, or other body established by local court rule.

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(L. 1957 p. 642 § 211.340, A.L. 1995 H.B. 174, et al., A.L. 2017 S.B. 160)

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 9 cases, 1963–2018 · leading case: State Ex Rel. Dubinsky v. Weinstein, 413 S.W.2d 178 (Mo. 1967).

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State Ex Rel. Dubinsky v. Weinstein, 413 S.W.2d 178 (Mo. 1967). · cites it 4× “Section 211.351 provides for the appointment of a juvenile officer who shall assist the judge in performing his duties and exercising the powers of the juvenile court.”

State Ex Rel. Judges for the Twenty-Second Jud. Circuit v. City of St. Louis, 494 S.W.2d 39 (Mo. 1973). · cites it 4× “(See particularly Section 211.351.) Recently, this court in State ex rel.”

State Ex Inf. Anderson Ex Rel. Weinstein v. St. Louis Cnty., 421 S.W.2d 249 (Mo. 1967). · cites it 2× “” It is provided in § 211.351 that “[t]he juvenile court shall appoint a juvenile officer and other necessary juvenile court personnel to serve under the direction of the court in each county of the first and second class * * *.”

Williams v. Jones, 562 S.W.2d 391 (Mo. Ct. App. 1978). · cites it 2× “Does the fact that he was employed by the juvenile court give appellant rights he would not have in a private employment situation? The petition alleges that appellant was employed pursuant to § 211.351, RSMo 1969 which reads in part as follows: “1.”

Smith v. Thirty-Seventh Jud. Circuit of Missouri, 847 S.W.2d 755 (Mo. 1993). · cites it 2× “The four counties included Smith’s salary along with county employees and paid the resulting premium for workers’ compensation insurance.”

Mashak v. Poelker, 367 S.W.2d 625 (Mo. 1963). “, who concurs in result, believing that § 211.351, RS Mo 1959, is sufficient to authorize the appointment.”

Hill v. 24th Jud. Circuit, 765 S.W.2d 329 (Mo. Ct. App. 1989). “-1, as well as the salaries of the other personnel of the judicial circuit, § 211.351, but payment alone does not create an employer-employee relationship.”

State ex rel. Mennemeyer v. Lincoln Cnty., 553 S.W.3d 368 (Mo. Ct. App. 2018). · cites it 2× “See Section 211.351; 8 Smith v. Thirty-Seventh Jud.”

MO Dept. of Soc. v. Tommy Thompson (8th Cir. 2006). · cites it 2× “Mo. Rev. Stat. § 211.351 . They work in the state's child-protection system and remove children from homes, file petitions in juvenile court, and help develop and manage case plans as part of a family support team that includes DSS.”

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