Opinion No. (1997)

REQUESTED BY: Jon R. Hill, Director, Office of Juvenile Services You have inquired about the authority of state juvenile courts to issue specific orders that affect the Office of Juvenile Services (OJS). First, you ask whether a court, in ordering an evaluation of a juvenile under its jurisdiction, has the authority to determine where, and by whom, the evaluation will be conducted. Second, you have inquired whether a court has the authority to place a juvenile in a designated OJS facility.

We are of the opinion that the statutory scheme, as it currently exists, does permit a court to issue…