The functions and powers of the commissioner shall be to hear and make findings and recommendations in cases or proceedings assigned to the commissioner by general or special order of the administrative judge. The commissioner shall have the same powers and authority to manage those assigned cases and proceedings as would a judge, but the commissioner shall have no other administrative functions unless such functions are assigned by the administrative judge.
Mo. R. Prac. P. Juv. Ct. & Fam. Ct. 130.04
Comment
This Rule 130.04 makes clear that, except for the powers and authority to manage those cases and proceedings assigned to the commissioner, the commissioner has only such administrative authority as may be delegated or assigned to the commissioner by the administrative judge of the family court.
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