Types of investigations
Compiled text through Sep 15, 2021
Register checked through Jul 29, 2026
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Dates and status
- Compiling agency
- Executive Department
- Text status
- Source receipt
- Compiled text through
- Sep 15, 2021
- Register checked through
- July 29, 2026/Vol. XLVIII, Issue 30 (2026-07-29)
- Activity status
- No later Register activity identified in this check.
- Source snapshot
- Jun 6, 2026
(a)Family court, supreme court, and surrogate court investigations.
(1)Adoption/custody/guardianship/neglect/visitation and all other family court cases: conducted to provide home and background information related to such matters affecting the child(ren) at issue. Local policy determines if these investigations are conducted by the probation department.
(2)Pre-dispositional: conducted after fact-finding, but prior to disposition for both person in need of supervision (PINS) and juvenile delinquency (JD) matters.
(3)Supplemental: conducted pursuant to order and direction of the court to update a previously submitted report on the same matter.
(b)Criminal court investigations.
(1)Certificate of relief from disabilities: conducted to determine eligibility and to make a recommendation for suitability as to relief from disabilities or forfeitures or bars to employment automatically imposed by law at conviction.
(2)Pre-plea: conducted prior to a finding of guilt. This investigation requires signed consent of all parties.
(3)Pre-sentence: conducted post-conviction, but prior to sentence.
(4)Youthful offender: conducted to determine eligibility and to make a recommendation as to suitability for youthful offender treatment.