Rule 127.04 – Presentation of Juvenile to Juvenile Officer or Detention Facility

May 13, 2021 | Family Law, Missouri

a. When a juvenile in judicial custody under subdivision (2) or (3) of subsection 1 of section 211.031, RSMo, is presented to a juvenile officer, unless the court has ordered the juvenile’s detention, the juvenile officer may release the juvenile or authorize that the juvenile be detained in accordance with Rule 127.07.
b. When a person other than the juvenile officer presents a juvenile in judicial custody under subdivision (2) or (3) of subsection 1 of section 211.031, RSMo, to a detention facility, the person in charge of the detention facility shall promptly inform the juvenile officer that the juvenile has been received by the detention facility and the reasons the juvenile was taken into judicial custody.
c. When a person other than the juvenile officer presents a juvenile in judicial custody under subdivision (2) or (3) of subsection 1 of section 211.031, RSMo, to a detention facility, the person in charge of the detention facility may release the juvenile pursuant to Rule 127.02 unless the juvenile officer has authorized or authorizes, or the court has ordered or orders, that the juvenile be detained.

Mo. R. Prac. P. Juv. Ct. & Fam. Ct. 127.04

Adopted May 20, 2009, eff. Jan. 1, 2010.