Saline County, Arkansas

Judge Gary Arnold

Saline County Courthouse 200 N. Main, Room 115 Benton,  AR  72015 Phone:  (501) 303-5664     Fax:  (501) 303-5695

    I have served as Circuit/Chancery Judge, Juvenile Division, since 1991.  This position hears all Juvenile, CASA, other than traffic and game and fish violations, 40% of all criminal and civil cases and a small number of chancery cases involving divorce, child custody, support, and domestic abuse.  These proceedings are conducted in the Courthouse in one of three courtrooms, depending upon the type of case.  Trials and hearings are open to the public except in a small number of cases involving children.  

Left to Right: Top Row:  Tina, Mary, Bailiff Deputy Wilson, Jan, and Midge   Middle Row:  Kellie, Judge Arnold, and Carol   Bottom Row:  Joyce, Sherri, Pat, and Deann

Left to Right:   Deputy Bailiff Reserve:  Deputy Marty Wilson      Jan Brooks - Official Court Reporter   Midge Snow - Case Coordinator

Juvenile Officers Left to Right:   Kellie, Pat, Tina, and Carol

Intake officer interviews each juvenile charged with a delinquency act for purpose of assessment.  Recommendations are made to Deputy Prosecuting Attorney.  Services available include:  Probation, Community Service, Teen Court, Youth Challenge, Conflict-Resolution/Parenting classes, Case Management, Intensive Tracking and Supervision, Civilian Student Training Program, and meditation.  Once placed on probation the juvenile is followed by a probation officer who monitors the juvenile to insure the orders of the court are followed.  These include school attendance, random drug testing, attending counseling, following curfew and other rules of probation.

Truancy and CASA Left to Right: Standing:  Joyce & Deann (Truancy)   Sitting:   Sherri (CASA),  Mary (Truancy)

Twenty-Second District Juvenile Court

Saline County, Arkansas 

TRUANCY PREVENTION PROGRAM

(Deann, Joyce, & Mary)

The Truancy Prevention Program is a resource provided by the Juvenile Court of the Twenty-second Judicial District of Arkansas in cooperation with Saline County's five school districts.  The purpose of this program is to reduce the number of unnecessary school absences and to intervene in problem behavior as it is recognized.  For each referral to the program, a truancy officer visits with the student at school or contact the parent and child by phone or letter.  Meetings with parents, counselors, or school principals as scheduled, as needed, to determine the reasons for inattendance and to plan a remedial course of action. Recommendations and referrals may include parenting workshops, conflict management classes, counseling, alternative school, Sanction School, the GED program, Youth Challenge, or Job Corps.  When early intervention proves unsuccessful, and it is necessary for a truancy petition to be filed in Juvenile Court, the truancy officer reports and make recommendations to the court.  Once a student is referred to the truancy office, his school attendance is monitored throughout that year, and the student revisited, as needed.

CASA

(Sherri)

(COURT APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATES) 

CASA of Saline County is a court appointed special advocate program that provides community volunteer advocates to work on behalf of abused and neglected children involved in the court system and to undertake any and all activities necessary for the promotion of these children's health, safety, and welfare.

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