Juvenile judicial officer: Powers and duties; review of recommendations by juvenile court.

NRS 62B.030 Juvenile judicial officer: Powers and duties; review of recommendations by juvenile court. 1. The juvenile court may order a juvenile judicial officer to: (a) Swear witnesses. (b) Take evidence. (c) Make findings of fact and recommendations. (d) Conduct all proceedings before the juvenile judicial officer in the same manner as a district judge conducts proceedings in a district court. 2. Not later than 10 days after the evidence before a juvenile judicial officer is closed, the juvenile judicial officer shall file with the juvenile court: (a) All papers relating to the case; (b) Written findings of fact; and (c) Written recommendations. 3. A juvenile judicial officer shall provide to the parent or guardian of the child, the attorney for the child, the district attorney, and any other person concerned, written notice of: (a) The findings of fact of the juvenile judicial officer; (b) The recommendations of the juvenile judicial officer; (c) The right to object to the recommendations of the juvenile judicial officer; and (d) The right to request a hearing de novo before the juvenile court as provided in subsection 4. 4. After reviewing the recommendations of a juvenile judicial officer and any objection to the recommendations of the juvenile judicial officer, the juvenile court shall: (a) Approve the recommendations of the juvenile judicial officer, in whole or in part, and order the recommended disposition; (b) Reject the recommendations of the juvenile judicial officer, in whole or in part, and order such relief as may be appropriate; or (c) Direct a hearing de novo before the juvenile court if, not later than 5 days after the juvenile judicial officer provides notice of the recommendations of the juvenile judicial officer, a person who is entitled to such notice files with the juvenile court a request for a hearing de novo before the juvenile court. 5. A recommendation of a juvenile judicial officer is not effective until expressly approved by the juvenile court as evidenced by the signature of a judge of the juvenile court. (Added to NRS by 2003, 1028; A 2025, 2198)