The judges of the Superior Court, or in the discretion of the Chief Court Administrator, a committee of said judges designated by the Chief Court Administrator, shall appoint such probation officers, probation aides, clerks, detention personnel, clerical assistants and other personnel, including supervisory staff, as they deem necessary for the treatment and handling of juvenile matters within the venue districts established under section 46b-142. The Chief Court Administrator may assign, reassign and modify the assignments of such personnel and assign such duties within the Superior Court as he deems necessary for the efficient operation of the courts. Any person serving in any such capacity in the Juvenile Court on July 1, 1978, shall continue to serve in the Superior Court at the compensation he was receiving in the Juvenile Court under the compensation plan established pursuant to section 51-12, for the remainder of any term to which he was appointed. In no event shall the compensation of any such person be affected solely as a result of the transfer of jurisdiction in section 51-164s. Any of such appointees may be discharged by the appointing authority for cause and after hearing. The salaries of each of such officials shall be fixed by the judges, subject to the provisions of section 51-12.

(1949 Rev., S. 2821; 1957, P.A. 651, S. 17; 1967, P.A. 630, S. 4; 1969, P.A. 794, S. 2; P.A. 75-327; P.A. 76-436, S. 10a, 12, 681; P.A. 84-198, S. 4, 7.)

History: 1967 act authorized appointment of “other personnel” and provided for judges to act jointly; 1969 act deleted provisions which stated that records shall be open to inspection only by “persons having a proper interest therein and upon order of the court” and specified that records of juvenile courts established in 1921, 1927 and 1935 shall be included as records subject to provisions applicable to other juvenile records; P.A. 75-327 restated provisions re appointed personnel, adding executive assistant to chief clerk and director of juvenile probation services as state-wide officers and probation aides, clerk, detention personnel and supervisory staff on district level; P.A. 76-436 amended section to reflect transfer of duties from juvenile court to superior court and added provisions authorizing chief court administrator to modify assignments as necessary and specifying that persons transferred to superior court are to receive compensation at same level as received in juvenile court for the remainder of their appointed terms, effective July 1, 1978; Sec. 17-57 temporarily renumbered as Sec. 51-304 and ultimately transferred to Sec. 46b-123 in 1979, and references to other sections within provisions revised as necessary by the Revisors to reflect their transfer; P.A. 84-198 deleted provisions for appointment of a chief clerk in charge of juvenile matters, an executive assistant to such chief clerk, a director of juvenile probation services and such other necessary office personnel, and deleted a provision that the judges or a committee appoint probation officers and other personnel “subject to the provisions of section 46b-125”.

Annotations to former section 17-57:

Cited. 135 C. 413; Id., 516.

The juvenile court is a court of record and as such can speak only through its record; to determine the issues litigated, the record and the memorandum of decision may be searched. 19 CS 428. Cited. 24 CS 358. Court will not allow a fishing expedition into records of the juvenile court. 26 CS 316.

Annotations to present section:

Cited. 181 C. 292.

Cited. 43 CS 367.