Cooper County ex rel. County Commission v. Circuit Court of the 18th Judicial Circuit of Missouri

DUANE BENTON, Judge.

The Cooper County Commission deemed unreasonable the salary of the deputy juvenile officer, 18th Judicial Circuit. The Judicial Finance Commission agreed. The Circuit petitioned this Court for review. Mo. Const, art. V, sec. 4; section 477.600.7 RSMo.1 Reversed and remanded.

For several years, the officer’s salary was funded by the Division of Youth Services, Department of Social Services (except for a fraction paid by the County, which is not at issue). The grant expired on June 30, 2003. The Circuit added six months’ salary — plus attorney’s fees for litigation — to its…