{"data":{"id":"us-mt/41-5-1201","jurisdiction":"us-mt","citation":"41-5-1201","heading":"Preliminary inquiry -- referral of youth in need of care.","body":"(1) Whenever the court receives information from an agency or person, including a parent or guardian of a youth, based upon reasonable grounds, that a youth is or appears to be a delinquent youth or a youth in need of intervention or that the youth is subject to a court order or consent order and has violated the terms of an order, a juvenile probation officer or an assessment officer shall make a preliminary inquiry into the matter.\n(2) If the juvenile probation officer or assessment officer determines that the facts indicate that the youth is a youth in need of care, as defined in 41-3-102, the matter must be immediately referred to the department of public health and human services.","path":["TITLE 41. MINORS","CHAPTER 5. YOUTH COURT ACT","Part 12. Preliminary Investigation"],"source_url":"https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0410/chapter_0050/part_0120/section_0010/0410-0050-0120-0010.html","current_through":"Montana Code Annotated 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:55:13Z","sha256":"79332345de8feb00fa8f45539235e026082e7fb4fdfd49b14147d2927c693331","source_id":"us-mt","stale":false,"prev":"us-mt/41-5-1105","next":"us-mt/41-5-1202"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}