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Article: ATTORNEY GENERAL COOPER ISSUES OPINION REGARDING AUTHORITY OVER THE JUVENILE COURT SYSTEM AND ITS EMPLOYEES
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- January 11, 2007
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The Tennessee Attorney General issued the following opinion:
Opinion No. 07-04
Authority over the Juvenile Court System and its Employees
QUESTION
Who has authority over the juvenile court system and its employees?
OPINION
Depending on the circumstances, the Supreme Court, the juvenile judge, or the clerk of the court may have authority over the juvenile court and its employees.
ANALYSIS
The Tennessee Constitution vested the judicial power of the State in "one Supreme Court and in such Circuit, Chancery and other inferior Courts as the Legislature shall from time to time, ordain and establish[.]" Tenn. Const. art. VI, § 1. Acting under this constitutional prerogative, the Legislature ...