Juvenile Policy Board
Radisson Hotel
Bismarck, ND
February 20, 2009
Minutes
Members Present:
Judge William Herauf, Chair
Lisa Bjergaard
Shari Doe
Kim Hegvik
Judge Debbie Kleven
Karen Kringlie
Justice Mary Muehlen Maring
Dave McGeary
Tara Muhlhauser
Ken Sorenson
Dale Thompson
Mike Hagburg, Staff
Louis Hentzen, Staff
Members Absent:
Steve Balaban
Connie Cleveland
Jean Delaney
Judge Doug Mattson
Judge David Reich
Justice Maring moved to approve minutes of December 5, 2008; Judge Herauf seconded. Minutes approved.
Justice Maring nominated Judge Herauf as chair; Karen Kringlie seconded. Judge Herauf approved as new chair.
Karen Kringlie gave the Juvenile Directors' update:
Discussion on Proposed Rules of Procedure for Juvenile Cases
A brief discussion as to where these proposed rules go to next: Joint Procedure or Supreme Court. Justice Maring stated she believes the rules have been vetted in this Board. The Board went through the list of rules:
#1 Add cross reference line 13
#2 Amend section (A)
#3 Line 10 date and time; line 18 & 19 "known adult relations"
#4 No change
#5 Language in explanatory note line 35 & 36
#6 Revised language: line 9, line 14 more descript
#7 Line 16 add "on order of the court"
#8 Line 16 insert "proceeding and"; change "at" to "for"
#9 No change
#10 Add "the" in line 4
#11 No change
#12 No change
#13 Karen questioned term "blank subpoena"
#14 No change
#15 Line 6 makes reference to Rule 7
#16 Line 11 through 13 some discussion; line 12 change "on placement" to "placed"
#17 Line 4 is per statute; line 54 time deadline language taken out
Kim Hegvik moves to send the Proposed Rules to the Supreme Court; Dale Thompson seconded. Motion carried.
A lengthy discussion took place on agencies getting exempt from destruction of records orders.
Louie Hentzen will send a list of proposed dates for future meetings this year to Judge Herauf. Meeting adjourned.