IN THE CIRCUIT COURT, SIXTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT

IN AND FOR PASCO AND PINELLAS COUNTIES, FLORIDA

 

ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 2008-031 PI-CIR

 

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RE:     juvenile pick up orders

 

                        In an effort to create uniformity and consistency among the court’s Juvenile (Delinquency) sections, the Juvenile Assessment Center, and the Juvenile Detention Center, it is necessary to establish a uniform procedure for how juveniles who have reached their 19th birthday are to be processed in Pinellas County.  Florida Rule of Judicial Administration 2.215 vests the Chief Judge with broad authority to issue administrative orders to promote the efficient and orderly administration of the court.  The procedure listed below will help streamline the procedure of how juveniles who have reached their 19th birthday are processed.  Accordingly, it is hereby

 

Ordered:

 

Unless a judge specifically provides otherwise in the order, the Juvenile Assessment Center and the Juvenile Detention Center shall treat all “pick up orders” involving a juvenile who has reached his or her 19th birthday as a “screening only order”.  That juvenile shall be processed and released so long as there is no outstanding adult “pick up order” and so long as that juvenile is not in a Maximum Risk or post Level 10 status. 

 

DONE AND ORDERED in Chambers at Clearwater, Pinellas County, Florida on this ______ day of June 2008. 

 

 

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             Robert J. Morris, Jr., Chief Judge

 

cc:        All Pinellas Judges       

The Honorable Bernie McCabe, State Attorney

The Honorable Bob Dillinger, Public Defender

The Honorable Ken Burke, Clerk of the Circuit Court, Pinellas County

The Honorable Jim Coats, Sheriff, Pinellas County

Gay Inskeep, Trial Courts Administrator

Carol Heath, Executive Director, Pinellas County Clerk’s Office

Bar Associations, Pasco and Pinellas Counties

Law Libraries, Pasco and Pinellas Counties

David Cornuet, Juvenile Assessment Center

James Uliasz, Juvenile Detention Center