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1. All dockets in the juvenile division in the several courts of this circuit, including but not limited to arraignment, change of plea, adjudicatory and disposition dockets, shall be prepared by the respective clerks under the supervision of the presiding judge.
2. No case shall be added to or deleted from any of such dockets by the clerk at the request of any party or their counsel. Such additions and deletions may be made only upon order of the presiding judge upon a showing of good cause.
3. Each juvenile detainee whose case appears on any docket shall be personally presented in court by the custodian of such detainee at the time shown on such docket unless otherwise ordered by the presiding judge.
4. A juvenile detainee whose case does not appear on any docket shall not be brought to court unless the appearance of such detainee is ordered by the presiding judge.
5. The clerk shall promptly notify the custodian of and counsel for any detainee and the prosecuting attorney, of any docket change ordered by the presiding judge which affects such detainee or the progress of his or her case.
6. The custodian of each juvenile detainee shall maintain liaison with the clerk to ascertain whether docket changes affecting his or her ward have been ordered by the presiding judge.
This Order shall become effective on February 3, 1981.
/Signed
THERON A. YAWN, JR.
CHIEF JUDGE
Distribution:
All judges
All clerks
State Attorney
Public Defender
Mr. Kirk Carlson
Mr. David Nieboer
Mr. John Wyckoff
Mr. Ben E. North
President, Eighth Circuit Bar