§10A-2-4-104. Investigations and reports - Legal proceedings.
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A. It shall be the duty of the director and other employees of the juvenile bureau, at the request of and under the direction of the court, to investigate and report on all cases that are pending in the Juvenile Docket of the district court, and to investigate and report on all cases of delinquent children and children in need of supervision, residing or being in the county. The director and counselors shall have the power to file, or cause to be filed, information or complaint and to institute and commence the necessary legal proceedings for the purpose of carrying into effect the laws of this state relating to delinquent children and children in need of supervision, and the director and counselors shall investigate and report to the court for appropriate legal action the existence and maintenance of any place or public resort or institution in the county which is or may be detrimental to morals and welfare of children.
It shall be the duty of the court clerk to assign
adequate personnel to perform the clerical duties necessary and incidental to the operation of the Juvenile Docket of the court.
B. All penal, eleemosynary or other institutions under the jurisdiction of the State of Oklahoma and any law enforcement agency or officer of the State of Oklahoma or of any city or county within the state shall furnish the director and assistants of the director with any and all information requested by them pertaining to any person under the jurisdiction of the court. Added by Laws 1968, c. 282, § 204, eff. Jan. 13, 1969. Amended by Laws 1995, c. 352, § 156, eff. July 1, 1995. Renumbered from § 1204 of Title 10 by Laws 1995, c. 352, § 199, eff. July 1, 1995. Renumbered from § 7305-1.4 of Title 10 by Laws 2009, c. 234, § 186, emerg. eff. May 21, 2009.