Is it illegal for a juveniles probation officer to give out personal information to other juveniles parents or to other juveniles? Or to threaten a parent with jail if juvenile is at their home.

By the way we're in AZ

It is not illegal. It may very well be unethical, however. You need to address this with the Officer's supervisor or the Judge.

That was what I thought, reporting her to the judge hopefully will get her to stop the lies and stretched truths. Thanks so much

Or it might make you look bad in that judges eyes. If they have to pick which person to believe... they are going to side with the PO most of the time. Its the risk you take.

Even if I have notarized statements from the people she's been telling these things to. And she's told me about other kids and there parents, literally slandering these parents, and I know these people very well.

Anything you have to prove your side will work in your favor. Otherwise its just your word against theirs.

I'll keep that in mind. Thank you

As for threatening jail time - if the person on probation violates the court-ordered rules for his probation then yes, he can go to jail. How was this a threat?

Ok my daughter is 17 and married to the son of the woman who was threatened with "if XXXX is staying with you, you can go to jail" the P.O. is already aware of her staying in that home but all the sudden after a month or so is now saying this to the motherinlaw

Even if I have notarized statements from the people she's been telling these things to.

A notarized statement simply means that the notary verified the identity of the person making the statement. It has no bearing on the truth or validity of the statement


Ok my daughter is 17 and married to the son of the woman who was threatened with "if XXXX is staying with you, you can go to jail" the P.O. is already aware of her staying in that home but all the sudden after a month or so is now saying this to the motherinlaw

One of the requirement of probation is often a restriction against associating with other criminals. A PO has a lot of control over where a probationer can live and who they can associate with. So I see nothing wrong with such a statement by the PO, sounds like they were just doing their job.

Assuming XXX is the person on probation, and that person is not your daughter or her husband - your daughter's mother-in-law isn't breaking any laws, so I think that's an idle threat (assuming that your daughter's mother-in-law isn't on probation herself). But as noted previously xxx could be jailed if he (or is it a she?) is violating his/her probation rules by staying there.