(a) The judge or judges of the circuit court designated to hear juvenile cases in the judge's district plan under Supreme Court Administrative Order No. 14, originally issued on April 6, 2001, shall designate no fewer than one (1) person in the judge's judicial district as a juvenile intake officer and no fewer than one (1) person in the judge's judicial district as a juvenile probation officer.
(b) A juvenile intake officer or a juvenile probation officer designated under subsection (a) of this section shall have the following duties:(1) To make appropriate investigations and reports when required to do so by:(A) This subchapter;(B) The rules promulgated under this subchapter; or(C) Order of the court;(2) To aid and counsel juveniles and their families when required to do so by order of the court;(3) To perform all other appropriate functions assigned to him or her by:(A) This subchapter;(B) The rules promulgated under this subchapter; or(C) Order of the court; and(4) To give appropriate aid and assistance to the court when requested to do so by the judge.
(1) To make appropriate investigations and reports when required to do so by:(A) This subchapter;(B) The rules promulgated under this subchapter; or(C) Order of the court;
(A) This subchapter;
(B) The rules promulgated under this subchapter; or
(C) Order of the court;
(2) To aid and counsel juveniles and their families when required to do so by order of the court;
(3) To perform all other appropriate functions assigned to him or her by:(A) This subchapter;(B) The rules promulgated under this subchapter; or(C) Order of the court; and
(A) This subchapter;
(B) The rules promulgated under this subchapter; or
(C) Order of the court; and
(4) To give appropriate aid and assistance to the court when requested to do so by the judge.
(c) The provisions of this subchapter relative to juvenile intake officers and juvenile probation officers and their responsibilities in delinquency cases may be applicable to a juvenile intake officer's or juvenile probation officer's involvement in a family in need of services case.