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• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 1
  This act shall be known as the Welfare and Institutions Code.
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 2
  The provisions of this code, in so far as they are substantially the same as existing statutory provisions relating to the same subject matter, shall...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 3
  All persons who, at the time this code goes into effect, hold office under any of the acts repealed by this code, which offices are...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 4
  No action or proceeding commenced before this code takes effect, and no right accrued, is affected by the provisions of this code, but all procedure...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 5
  Unless the context otherwise requires, the general provisions hereinafter set forth shall govern the construction of this code.
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 6
  Division, part, chapter, article, and section headings contained herein shall not be deemed to govern, limit, modify, or in any manner affect the scope, meaning,...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 7
  Whenever, by the provisions of this code, a power is granted to a public officer or a duty imposed upon such an officer, the power...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 8
  Writing includes any form of recorded message capable of comprehension by ordinary visual means. Whenever any notice, report, statement, or record is required or authorized...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 9
  Whenever any reference is made to any portion of this code or of any other law of this State, such reference shall apply to all...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 10
  "Section" means a section of this code unless some other statute is specifically mentioned, and "subdivision" means a subdivision of the section in which that...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 11
  The present tense includes the past and future tenses, and the future tense includes the present.
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 12
  The masculine gender includes the feminine and neuter.
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 13
  The singular number includes the plural, and the plural number includes the singular.
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 14
  "County" includes "city and county."
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 15
  "Shall" is mandatory and "may" is permissive.
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 16
  "Oath" includes affirmation.
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 17
  "Signature" or "subscription" includes mark when the signer or subscriber can not write, such signer's or subscriber's name being written near the mark by a...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 17.1
  Unless otherwise provided under the provisions of this code, to the extent not in conflict with federal law, the residence of a minor person shall...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 18
  If any provision of this code, or the application thereof to any person or circumstance, is held invalid, the remainder of the code, or the...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 19
  It is the purpose of this code, in establishing programs and services which are designed to provide protection, support or care of children, to provide...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 19.1
  The purpose of the public social services for which state grants-in-aid are made to counties are: (a) To provide on behalf of the general public,...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 21
  (a) Whenever any reference is made in any provision of this code to the "State Department of Benefit Payments" or the "Department of Benefit Payments"...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 22
  Whenever in any provision of law there is a reference to Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 7000) of Division 7 of the Welfare and Institutions...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 23
  Whenever in any provision of law there is a reference to Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 7000) of Division 7 of the Welfare and Institutions...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 24
  The provisions of Chapter 1129 of the Statutes of 1975 amending Sections 17.1, 739, 883, 1050, 1711, 1760.4, 10000, 10617, 11250.5, 11307, 11310, 11325, 17102...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 26
  (a) For purposes of this code, "assessed value" means 25 percent of full value to, and including, the 1980-81 fiscal year, and 100 percent of...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 148
  As used in this chapter: (a) "Solicit" or any of its derivatives means to request directly or indirectly the giving of any kind of salvageable...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 148.1
  None of the provisions of this chapter shall apply to the activities of any organization or association of persons or any person engaged by or...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 148.2
  Any organization qualified under Section 148.3 to solicit donations of salvageable personal property, or to sell salvageable personal property obtained by soliciting, shall: (a) maintain...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 148.3
  It shall be unlawful for any association of persons to engage, directly or indirectly, in soliciting donations of salvageable personal property, or in selling salvageable...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 148.4
  It shall be unlawful for any organization qualified under Section 148.3 to solicit donations of salvageable personal property, to contract with or otherwise engage any...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 148.5
  It shall be unlawful for any person to engage in soliciting donations of salvageable personal property except as an officer or agent of an organization...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 148.6
  Every organization qualified under Section 148.3 to solicit donations of salvageable personal property, shall furnish each officer or agent engaged to work as a solicitor...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 148.8
  The violation of any provision of this chapter by any person or organization is a misdemeanor. Any person who solicits a donation of salvageable personal...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 148.9
  The enactment of this chapter shall in no way limit or infringe upon the powers of counties and cities to impose additional requirements for the...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 27
  Each agency and department responsible for listing in regulations the rights of children under this division shall incorporate the rights of foster children, as listed...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 100
  The Judicial Council shall establish a planning and advisory group consisting of appropriate professional and program specialists to recommend on the development of program guidelines...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 101
  As used in this chapter, the following definitions shall apply: (a) "Adult" means a person 18 years of age or older. (b) "Child or minor"...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 102
  (a) Each CASA program shall, if feasible, be staffed by a minimum of one paid administrator. The staff shall be directly accountable to the presiding...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 103
  (a) Persons acting as a CASA shall be individuals who have demonstrated an interest in children and their welfare. Each CASA shall participate in a...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 104
  (a) The court shall determine the extent of the CASA's duties in each case. These duties may include an independent investigation of the circumstances surrounding...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 105
  All otherwise confidential records and information acquired or reviewed by a CASA during the course of his or her duties shall remain confidential and shall...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 106
  The CASA shall be notified of hearings and other proceedings concerning the case to which he or she has been appointed.
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 107
  Upon presentation of the order of his or her appointment by the CASA, and upon specific court order and consistent with the rules of evidence,...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 108
  The Judicial Council shall report to the Legislature on the implementation of the program, and shall include recommendations on the continued funding and expansion of...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 109
  Nothing in this chapter permits a person acting as a CASA to participate or appear in criminal proceedings or in proceedings to declare a person...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 110
  Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as limiting the right of an Indian tribe or Indian organization to establish or operate CASA programs independent...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 200
  This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Arnold-Kennick Juvenile Court Law."
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 201
  The provisions of this chapter, insofar as they are substantially the same as existing statutory provisions relating to the same subject matter, shall be construed...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 202
  (a) The purpose of this chapter is to provide for the protection and safety of the public and each minor under the jurisdiction of the...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 202.5
  The duties of the probation officer, as described in this chapter with respect to minors alleged or adjudged to be described by Section 300, whether...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 203
  An order adjudging a minor to be a ward of the juvenile court shall not be deemed a conviction of a crime for any purpose,...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 204
  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, except provisions of law governing the retention and storage of data, a family law court and a court hearing...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 204.5
  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the name of a minor may be disclosed to the public if the minor is 14 years of age...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 205
  All commitments to institutions or for placement in family homes under this chapter shall be, so far as practicable, either to institutions or for placement...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 206
  Persons taken into custody and persons alleged to be within the description of Section 300, or persons adjudged to be such and made dependent children...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 207
  (a) No minor shall be detained in any jail, lockup, juvenile hall, or other secure facility who is taken into custody solely upon the ground...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 207.1
  (a) No court, judge, referee, peace officer, or employee of a detention facility shall knowingly detain any minor in a jail or lockup, except as...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 207.2
  (a) A minor who is held in temporary custody in a law enforcement facility that contains a lockup for adults pursuant to subdivision (d) of...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 207.5
  Every person who misrepresents or falsely identifies himself or herself either verbally or by presenting any fraudulent written instrument to any probation officer, or to...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 207.6
  A minor may be detained in a jail or other secure facility for the confinement of adults pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 207.1 or...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 208
  (a) When any person under 18 years of age is detained in or sentenced to any institution in which adults are confined, it shall be...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 208.5
  (a) Notwithstanding any other law, in any case in which a minor who is detained in or committed to a county institution established for the...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 209
  (a) The judge of the juvenile court of a county, or, if there is more than one judge, any of the judges of the juvenile...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 210
  The Board of Corrections shall adopt minimum standards for the operation and maintenance of juvenile halls for the confinement of minors.
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 210.1
  The Board of Corrections shall develop guidelines for the operation and maintenance of nonsecure placement facilities for persons alleged or found to be persons coming...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 210.2
  (a) The Board of Corrections shall adopt regulations establishing standards for law enforcement facilities which contain lockups for adults and which are used for the...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 210.5
  The Legislature finds and declares that it is in the best public interest to encourage innovations in staffing ratios, maximization of housing unit size, and...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 211
  (a) No person under the age of 14 years shall be committed to a state prison or be transferred thereto from any other institution. (b)...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 212
  There shall be no fee for filing a petition under this chapter nor shall any fees be charged by any public officer for his services...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 213
  Any willful disobedience or interference with any lawful order of the juvenile court or of a judge or referee thereof constitutes a contempt of court.
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 213.5
  (a) After a petition has been filed pursuant to Section 311 to declare a child a dependent child of the juvenile court, and until the...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 213.6
  (a) If a person named in a temporary restraining order or emergency protective order issued under this part is personally served with the order and...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 213.7
  (a) The court shall order that any party enjoined pursuant to Section 213.5, 304, 362.4, or 726.5 be prohibited from taking any action to obtain...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 214
  In each instance in which a provision of this chapter authorizes the execution by any person of a written promise to appear or to have...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 215
  As used in this chapter, unless otherwise specifically provided, the term "probation officer" or "social worker" shall include the juvenile probation officer or the person...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 216
  This chapter shall not apply: (a) To any person who violates any law of this state defining a crime, and is at the time of...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 217
  (a) The board of supervisors of any county or the governing body of any city may by ordinance provide that any personal property with a...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 218
  In any case in which, pursuant to this chapter, the court appoints counsel to represent any person who desires but is unable to employ counsel,...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 218.5
  All counsel performing duties under this chapter, including, but not limited to, county counsel, court appointed counsel, or volunteer counsel, shall participate in mandatory training...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 219
  The board of supervisors of a county may provide a ward of the juvenile court engaged in rehabilitative work without pay, under an assignment by...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 219.5
  (a) No ward of the juvenile court or Department of the Youth Authority shall perform any function that provides access to personal information of private...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 220
  No condition or restriction upon the obtaining of an abortion by a female detained in any local juvenile facility, pursuant to the Therapeutic Abortion Act...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 221
  (a) Any female confined in a state or local juvenile facility shall upon her request be allowed to continue to use materials necessary for (1)...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 222
  (a) Any female in the custody of a local juvenile facility shall have the right to summon and receive the services of any physician and...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 223
  (a) (1) The parents or guardians of any minor in the custody of the state or the county, if they can reasonably be located, shall...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 224
  (a) The Legislature finds and declares the following: (1) There is no resource that is more vital to the continued existence and integrity of Indian...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 224.1
  (a) As used in this division, unless the context otherwise requires, the terms "Indian," "Indian child," "Indian child's tribe," "Indian custodian," "Indian tribe," "reservation," and...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 224.2
  (a) If the court, a social worker, or probation officer knows or has reason to know that an Indian child is involved, any notice sent...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 224.3
  (a) The court, county welfare department, and the probation department have an affirmative and continuing duty to inquire whether a child for whom a petition...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 224.4
  The Indian child's tribe and Indian custodian have the right to intervene at any point in an Indian child custody proceeding.
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 224.5
  In an Indian child custody proceeding, the court shall give full faith and credit to the public acts, records, judicial proceedings, and judgments of any...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 224.6
  (a) When testimony of a "qualified expert witness" is required in an Indian child custody proceeding, a "qualified expert witness" may include, but is not...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 224.70
  For the purposes of this article: (a) "Committed" means placed in a facility of the Division of Juvenile Facilities pursuant to a court order, independent...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 224.71
  It is the policy of the state that all youth confined in a facility of the Division of Juvenile Facilities shall have the following rights:...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 224.72
  (a) Every facility of the Division of Juvenile Facilities shall provide each youth who is placed in the facility with an age and developmentally appropriate...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 224.73
  All facilities of the Division of Juvenile Facilities shall ensure the safety and dignity of all youth in their care and shall provide care, placement,...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 224.74
  (a) The Office of the Ombudspersons of the Division of Juvenile Facilities shall do all of the following: (1) Disseminate information on the rights of...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 225
  In each county there shall be a juvenile justice commission consisting of not less than 7 and no more than 15 citizens. Two or more...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 226
  In lieu of county juvenile justice commissions, the boards of supervisors of two or more adjacent counties may agree to establish a regional juvenile justice...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 227
  The clerk of the court of the appointing judge shall immediately notify each person appointed a member of a county or regional juvenile justice commission...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 228
  A juvenile justice commission shall elect a chairman and vice chairman annually.
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 229
  It shall be the duty of a juvenile justice commission to inquire into the administration of the juvenile court law in the county or region...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 229.5
  (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a juvenile justice commission may inquire into the operation of any group home that serves wards or dependent...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 230
  A juvenile justice commission may recommend to any person charged with the administration of any of the provisions of this chapter such changes as it...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 231
  Members of a juvenile justice commission shall be reimbursed for their actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties. Such reimbursement shall...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 232
  The board of supervisors may by ordinance provide for the establishment, support, and maintenance of one or more agencies or departments to cooperate with and...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 233
  The board of supervisors may by ordinance provide for the establishment, support, and maintenance of a delinquency prevention commission, composed of not fewer than seven...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 233.5
  In a county having a population of over 6,000,000, the board of supervisors may assign the responsibility for assisting and advising the board and other...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 234
  The board of supervisors may by ordinance provide for the establishment, support, and maintenance of a delinquency prevention agency or department, or may assign delinquency...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 235
  The juvenile court and the probation department of any county may establish, or assist in the establishment of, any public council or committee having as...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 236
  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, probation departments may engage in activities designed to prevent juvenile delinquency. These activities include rendering direct and indirect services...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 240
  In counties having a population in excess of 6,000,000 in lieu of a county juvenile justice commission, there shall be a probation commission consisting of...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 241
  The members of a probation commission appointed and holding office under prior provisions of law on January 1, 1977, shall continue in office and shall...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 241.1
  (a) Whenever a minor appears to come within the description of both Section 300 and Section 601 or 602, the county probation department and the...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 241.2
  The Judicial Council shall collect and compile all of the data to be collected pursuant to paragraph (4) of subdivision (e) of Section 241.1 and...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 242
  The members of the probation commission shall hold office for four years and until their successors are appointed and qualify. Of those first appointed, however,...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 243
  The probation commission shall function in an advisory capacity to the probation officer.
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 245
  Each superior court shall exercise the jurisdiction conferred by this chapter, and while sitting in the exercise of such jurisdiction, shall be known and referred...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 245.5
  In addition to all other powers granted by law, the juvenile court may direct all such orders to the parent, parents, or guardian of a...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 246
  The presiding judge of the superior court shall annually, in the month of January, designate one or more judges of the court to hear all...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 247.5
  The provisions of Sections 170 and 170.6 of the Code of Civil Procedure shall apply to a referee, provided, that the presiding judge of the...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 248
  A referee shall hear such cases as are assigned to him or her by the presiding judge of the juvenile court, with the same powers...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 248.5
  All written findings and orders of the court shall be served by the clerk of the court personally or by first-class mail within three judicial...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 249
  No order of a referee removing a minor from his home shall become effective until expressly approved by a judge of the juvenile court.
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 250
  Except as provided in Section 251, all orders of a referee other than those specified in Section 249 shall become immediately effective, subject also to...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 251
  The judge of the juvenile court, or in counties having more than one judge of the juvenile court, the presiding judge of the juvenile court...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 252
  At any time prior to the expiration of 10 days after service of a written copy of the order and findings of a referee, a...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 253
  A judge of the juvenile court may, on his own motion made within 20 judicial days of the hearing before a referee, order a rehearing...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 254
  All rehearings of matters heard before a referee shall be before a judge of the juvenile court and shall be conducted de novo.
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 255
  The court may appoint as subordinate judicial officers one or more persons of suitable experience, who may be a probation officer or assistant or deputy...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 256
  Subject to the orders of the juvenile court, a juvenile hearing officer may hear and dispose of any case in which a minor under the...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 256.5
  A juvenile hearing officer may request the juvenile court judge or referee to issue a warrant of arrest against a minor who is issued and...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 257
  (a) (1) Except in the case of infraction violations, with the consent of the minor, a hearing before a juvenile hearing officer, or a hearing...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 258
  (a) Upon a hearing conducted in accordance with Section 257, and upon either an admission by the minor of the commission of a violation charged,...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 260
  A juvenile hearing officer shall promptly furnish a written report of his or her findings and orders to the clerk of the juvenile court. The...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 261
  Subject to the provisions of Section 262, all orders of a juvenile hearing officer shall be immediately effective.
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 262
  Upon motion of the minor or his or her parent or guardian for good cause, or upon his or her own motion, a judge of...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 263
  At any time prior to the final disposition of a hearing pursuant to Section 257, the judge, referee, or juvenile hearing officer may, on motion...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 264
  At the direction and under the supervision of the Judicial Council, judges of the juvenile courts and juvenile court referees shall meet from time to...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 265
  The Judicial Council shall establish rules governing practice and procedure in the juvenile court not inconsistent with law.
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 270
  Except as provided in Section 69906.5 of the Government Code, there shall be in each county the offices of probation officer, assistant probation officer, and...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 271
  In counties having charters which provide a method of appointment and tenure of office for probation officers, assistant probation officers, deputy probation officers, and the...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 272
  (a) (1) The board of supervisors may delegate to the county welfare department all or part of the duties of the probation officer concerning dependent...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 273
  The probation officer may, within budgetary limitations established by the board of supervisors, employ such psychiatrists, psychologists, and other clinical experts as are required to...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 274
  Each probation officer and each assistant and deputy probation officer receiving an official salary shall furnish a bond in the sum of not more than...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 275
  (a) For the purpose of handling the reimbursement and other payments provided for in this chapter, the probation officer or other county officer designated by...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 276
  In addition to the powers and duties of the probation officer elsewhere prescribed in this chapter, the probation officer is authorized to receive money, give...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 277
  The probation officer may authorize the sale of articles of handiwork made by wards under the jurisdiction of the probation officer to the public at...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 278
  The board of supervisors may delegate to the auditor or other county officer any of the functions of the probation officer authorized by Section 276...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 279
  The board of supervisors may impose a service charge at a uniform rate sufficient to defray the cost of services of the probation officer or...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 280
  Except where waived by the probation officer, judge, or referee and the minor, the probation officer shall be present in court to represent the interests...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 281
  The probation officer shall upon order of any court in any matter involving the custody, status, or welfare of a minor or minors, make an...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 281.5
  If a probation officer determines to recommend to the court that a minor alleged to come within Section 300, 601, or 602, or adjudged to...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 282
  At any time the judge of the juvenile court may, and upon the request of the county board of supervisors shall, require the probation officer...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 283
  Every probation officer, assistant probation officer, and deputy probation officer shall have the powers and authority conferred by law upon peace officers listed in Section...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 284
  All probation officers shall make such special and periodic reports to the Youth Authority as the authority may require and upon forms furnished by the
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 285
  All probation officers shall make periodic reports to the Attorney General at those times and in the manner prescribed by the Attorney General, provided that...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 286
  Any person lawfully appointed to serve as a probation officer or assistant or deputy probation officer prior to the effective date of this section shall...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 290.1
  If the probation officer or social worker determines that the child shall be retained in custody, he or she shall immediately file a petition pursuant...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 290.2
  Upon the filing of a petition by a probation officer or social worker, the clerk of the juvenile court shall issue notice, to which shall...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 291
  After the initial petition hearing, the clerk of the court shall cause the notice to be served in the following manner: (a) Notice of the...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 292
  The social worker or probation officer shall give notice of the review hearing held pursuant to Section 364 in the following manner: (a) Notice of...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 293
  The social worker or probation officer shall give notice of the review hearings held pursuant to Section 366.21 or 366.22 in the following manner: (a)...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 294
  The social worker or probation officer shall give notice of a selection and implementation hearing held pursuant to Section 366.26 in the following manner: (a)...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 295
  The social worker or probation officer shall give notice of review hearings held pursuant to Section 366.3 in the following manner: (a) Notice of the...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 296
  Upon any hearing or rehearing under this article, the court may order the child or any parent or guardian, or Indian custodian of the child...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 297
  (a) Notice required for an initial petition filed pursuant to Section 300 is applicable to a subsequent petition filed pursuant to Section 342. (b) Upon...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 300
  Any child who comes within any of the following descriptions is within the jurisdiction of the juvenile court which may adjudge that person to be...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 300.1
  Notwithstanding subdivision (e) of Section 361 and Section 16507, family reunification services shall not be provided to a child adjudged a dependent pursuant to subdivision...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 300.2
  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the purpose of the provisions of this chapter relating to dependent children is to provide maximum safety and protection...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 300.5
  In any case in which a child is alleged to come within the provisions of Section 300 on the basis that he or she is...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 301
  (a) In any case in which a social worker after investigation of an application for petition or other investigation he or she is authorized to...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 302
  (a) A juvenile court may assume jurisdiction over a child described in Section 300 regardless of whether the child was in the physical custody of...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 303
  The court may retain jurisdiction over any person who is found to be a dependent child of the juvenile court until the ward or dependent...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 304
  After a petition has been filed pursuant to Section 311, and until the time that the petition is dismissed or dependency is terminated, no other...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 304.7
  (a) On or before July 31, 1997, the Judicial Council shall develop and implement standards for the education and training of all judges who conduct...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 305
  Any peace officer may, without a warrant, take into temporary custody a minor: (a) When the officer has reasonable cause for believing that the minor...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 305.5
  (a) If an Indian child, who is a ward of a tribal court or resides or is domiciled within a reservation of an Indian tribe...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 305.6
  (a) Any peace officer may, without a warrant, take into temporary custody a minor who is in a hospital if the release of the minor...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 306
  (a) Any social worker in a county welfare department, or an Indian tribe that has entered into an agreement pursuant to Section 10553.1 while acting...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 306.5
  In any case in which a social worker takes a minor into custody pursuant to Section 306, the social worker shall, to the extent that...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 306.6
  (a) In a dependency proceeding involving a child who would otherwise be an Indian child, based on the definition contained in paragraph (4) of Section...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 307
  A peace officer or probation officer who takes a minor into temporary custody under the provisions of Section 305 shall thereafter proceed as follows: (a)...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 307.4
  (a) Any peace officer, probation officer, or social worker who takes into temporary custody pursuant to Sections 305 to 307, inclusive, a minor who comes...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 307.5
  Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 307, an officer who takes a minor suspected of being a person described in Section 300 into temporary custody pursuant...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 308
  (a) When a peace officer or social worker takes a minor into custody pursuant to this article, he or she shall take immediate steps to...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 309
  (a) Upon delivery to the social worker of a child who has been taken into temporary custody under this article, the social worker shall immediately...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 310
  As a condition for the release of such minor, the probation officer may require such minor or his parent, guardian, or relative, or both, to...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 311
  (a) If the probation officer determines that the minor shall be retained in custody, he or she shall immediately file a petition pursuant to Section...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 313
  (a) Whenever a minor is taken into custody by a peace officer or probation officer, except when such minor willfully misrepresents himself as 18 or...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 314
  When a minor willfully misrepresents himself to be 18 or more years of age when taken into custody by a peace officer or probation officer,...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 315
  If a minor has been taken into custody under this article and not released to a parent or guardian, the juvenile court shall hold a...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 316
  Upon his or her appearance before the court at the detention hearing, each parent or guardian and the minor, if present, shall first be informed...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 316.1
  (a) Upon his or her appearance before the court, each parent or guardian shall designate for the court his or her permanent mailing address. The...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 316.2
  (a) At the detention hearing, or as soon thereafter as practicable, the court shall inquire of the mother and any other appropriate person as to...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 317
  (a) (1) When it appears to the court that a parent or guardian of the child desires counsel but is presently financially unable to afford...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 317.5
  (a) All parties who are represented by counsel at dependency proceedings shall be entitled to competent counsel. (b) Each minor who is the subject of...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 317.6
  (a) On or before January 1, 1996, the Judicial Council shall, after consulting with representatives from the State Bar of California, county counsels, district attorneys,...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 318
  If a district attorney has represented a minor in a dependency proceeding, that district attorney shall not appear, on behalf of the people of the...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 318.5
  In a juvenile court hearing, where the parent or guardian is represented by counsel, the county counsel or district attorney shall, at the request of...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 319
  (a) At the initial petition hearing, the court shall examine the child's parents, guardians, or other persons having relevant knowledge and hear the relevant evidence...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 319.1
  When the court finds a minor to be a person described by Section 300, and believes that the minor may need specialized mental health treatment...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 319.2
  Notwithstanding Section 319, when a child under the age of six years is not released from the custody of the court, the child may be...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 321
  When a hearing is held under the provisions of this article and no parent or guardian of the minor is present and no parent or...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 322
  Upon motion of the minor or a parent or guardian of such minor, the court shall continue any hearing or rehearing held under the provisions...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 323
  Upon any hearing or rehearing under the provisions of this article, the court may order such minor or any parent or guardian of such minor...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 324
  Whenever any minor is taken into temporary custody under the provisions of this article in any county other than the county in which the minor...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 324.5
  (a) Whenever allegations of physical or sexual abuse of a child come to the attention of a local law enforcement agency or the local child...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 325
  A proceeding in the juvenile court to declare a child to be a dependent child of the court is commenced by the filing with the...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 326.5
  The Judicial Council shall adopt a rule of court effective July 1, 2001, that complies with the requirement of the federal Child Abuse Prevention and...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 327
  Either the juvenile court in the county in which a minor resides or in the county where the minor is found or in the county...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 328
  Whenever the social worker has cause to believe that there was or is within the county, or residing therein, a person described in Section 300,...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 328.3
  Whenever any officer refers or delivers a minor pursuant to Section 307.5, the agency to which the minor is referred shall immediately make such investigation...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 329
  Whenever any person applies to the social worker to commence proceedings in the juvenile court, the application shall be in the form of an affidavit...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 331
  When any person has applied to the social worker, pursuant to Section 329, to commence juvenile court proceedings and the social worker fails to file...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 331.5
  When any officer has referred or delivered a child to an agency pursuant to Section 307.5, and that agency does not initiate a service program...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 332
  A petition to commence proceedings in the juvenile court to declare a child a ward or a dependent child of the court shall be verified...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 333
  Any petition filed in juvenile court to commence proceedings pursuant to this chapter that is not verified may be dismissed without prejudice by such court.
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 334
  Upon the filing of the petition, the clerk of the juvenile court shall set the same for hearing within 30 days, except that in the...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 338
  In addition to the notice provided in Sections 290.1 and 290.2 the juvenile court may issue its citation directing any parent or guardian of the...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 339
  In case such citation cannot be served, or the person served fails to obey it, or in any case in which it appears to the...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 340
  Whenever a petition has been filed in the juvenile court alleging that a minor comes within Section 300 and praying for a hearing thereon, or...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 340.5
  (a) Whenever pursuant to Article 10 (commencing with Section 360) a social worker is assigned to provide child welfare services, family reunification services, or other...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 341
  Upon request of the social worker, district attorney, the child, or the child's parent, guardian, or custodian, or on the court' s own motion, the...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 342
  In any case in which a minor has been found to be a person described by Section 300 and the petitioner alleges new facts or...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 345
  All cases under this chapter shall be heard at a special or separate session of the court, and no other matter shall be heard at...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 346
  Unless requested by a parent or guardian and consented to or requested by the minor concerning whom the petition has been filed, the public shall...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 347
  At any juvenile court hearing conducted by a juvenile court judge, an official court reporter shall, and at any such hearing conducted by a juvenile...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 348
  The provisions of Chapter 8 (commencing with Section 469) of Title 6 of Part 2 of the Code of Civil Procedure relating to variance and...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 349
  A minor who is the subject of a juvenile court hearing and any person entitled to notice of the hearing under the provisions of Sections...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 350
  (a) (1) The judge of the juvenile court shall control all proceedings during the hearings with a view to the expeditious and effective ascertainment of...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 352
  (a) Upon request of counsel for the parent, guardian, minor, or petitioner, the court may continue any hearing under this chapter beyond the time limit...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 353
  At the beginning of the hearing on a petition filed pursuant to Article 8 (commencing with Section 325) of this chapter, the judge or clerk...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 353.1
  (a) At the hearing on a petition filed pursuant to Article 8 (commencing with Section 325) of this chapter, any person adjudged a dependent child...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 354
  Except where a minor is in custody, any hearing on a petition filed pursuant to Article 8 (commencing with Section 325) of this chapter may...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 355
  (a) At the jurisdictional hearing, the court shall first consider only the question whether the minor is a person described by Section 300. Any legally...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 355.1
  (a) Where the court finds, based upon competent professional evidence, that an injury, injuries, or detrimental condition sustained by a minor is of a nature...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 356
  After hearing the evidence, the court shall make a finding, noted in the minutes of the court, whether or not the minor is a person...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 356.5
  A child advocate appointed by the court to represent the interests of a dependent child in a proceeding under this chapter shall have the same...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 357
  Whenever the court, before or during the hearing on the petition, is of the opinion that the minor is mentally ill or if the court...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 358
  (a) After finding that a child is a person described in Section 300, the court shall hear evidence on the question of the proper disposition...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 358.1
  Each social study or evaluation made by a social worker or child advocate appointed by the court, required to be received in evidence pursuant to...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 359
  Whenever a minor who appears to be a danger to himself or others as a result of the use of narcotics (as defined in Section...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 360
  After receiving and considering the evidence on the proper disposition of the case, the juvenile court may enter judgment as follows: (a) Notwithstanding any other...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 361
  (a) In all cases in which a minor is adjudged a dependent child of the court on the ground that the minor is a person...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 361.1
  (a) If a child is removed from the physical custody of a parent or guardian on the ground that the child may come within the...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 361.2
  (a) When a court orders removal of a child pursuant to Section 361, the court shall first determine whether there is a parent of the...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 361.21
  (a) The court shall not order the placement of a minor in an out-of-state group home, unless the court finds, in its order of placement,...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 361.3
  (a) In any case in which a child is removed from the physical custody of his or her parents pursuant to Section 361, preferential consideration...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 361.31
  (a) In any case in which an Indian child is removed from the physical custody of his or her parents or Indian custodian pursuant to...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 361.4
  (a) Prior to placing a child in the home of a relative, or the home of any prospective guardian or other person who is not...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 361.45
  (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, when the sudden unavailability of a foster caregiver requires a change in placement on an emergency basis for...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 361.5
  (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), or when the parent has voluntarily relinquished the child and the relinquishment has been filed with the State...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 361.7
  (a) Notwithstanding Section 361.5, a party seeking an involuntary foster care placement of, or termination of parental rights over, an Indian child shall provide evidence...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 362
  (a) When a child is adjudged a dependent child of the court on the ground that the child is a person described by Section 300,...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 362.04
  (a) For purposes of this section: (1) "Caregiver" means any licensed or certified foster parent, approved relative caregiver, or approved nonrelative extended family member. (2)...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 362.05
  Every child adjudged a dependent child of the juvenile court shall be entitled to participate in age-appropriate extracurricular, enrichment, and social activities. No state or...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 362.1
  (a) In order to maintain ties between the parent or guardian and any siblings and the child, and to provide information relevant to deciding if,...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 362.2
  It is the intent of the Legislature that if a placement out-of-home is necessary pursuant to an individualized education program, that this placement be as...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 362.3
  In addition to the notice provided in Sections 297 and 332, the juvenile court may issue its citation directing any parent, guardian, or foster parent...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 362.4
  When the juvenile court terminates its jurisdiction over a minor who has been adjudged a dependent child of the juvenile court prior to the minor's...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 362.6
  (a) When a hearing is requested pursuant to Section 1202.05 of the Penal Code, the sentencing court shall forward a copy of the request to...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 362.7
  When the home of a nonrelative extended family member is being considered for placement of a child, the home shall be evaluated, and approval of...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 363
  If the parent or person legally responsible for the care of any minor who is found to be a person described in Section 300 receives...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 364
  (a) Every hearing in which an order is made placing a child under the supervision of the juvenile court pursuant to Section 300 and in...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 364.05
  Notwithstanding Section 364, in a county of the first class, a copy of the report required pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 364 shall be...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 365
  The court may require the social worker or any other agency to render any periodic reports concerning children committed to its care, custody, and control...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 366
  (a) (1) The status of every dependent child in foster care shall be reviewed periodically as determined by the court but no less frequently than...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 366.05
  Notwithstanding subdivision (c) of Section 366.21, in a county of the first class, any supplemental report filed in connection with a status review hearing held...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 366.1
  Each supplemental report required to be filed pursuant to Section 366 shall include, but not be limited to, a factual discussion of each of the...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 366.21
  (a) Every hearing conducted by the juvenile court reviewing the status of a dependent child shall be placed on the appearance calendar. The court shall...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 366.22
  (a) When a case has been continued pursuant to paragraph (1) of subdivision (g) of Section 366.21, the permanency review hearing shall occur within 18...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 366.23
  If a noncustodial parent is seeking placement or custody of a child, the social worker shall inform the caretaker that he or she has the...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 366.26
  (a) This section applies to children who are adjudged dependent children of the juvenile court pursuant to subdivision (d) of Section 360. The procedures specified...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 366.27
  (a) If a court, pursuant to paragraph (3) of subdivision (g) of Section 366.21, Section 366.22, or Section 366.26, orders the placement of a minor...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 366.28
  (a) The Legislature finds and declares that delays caused by appeals from court orders designating the specific placement of a dependent child after parental rights...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 366.29
  (a) When a court, pursuant to Section 366.26, orders that a dependent child be placed for adoption, nothing in the adoption laws of this state...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 366.3
  (a) If a juvenile court orders a permanent plan of adoption or legal guardianship pursuant to Section 360 or 366.26, the court shall retain jurisdiction...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 366.35
  (a) The implementation and operation of the amendments to subparagraph (B) of paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) of Section 366, subdivision (g) of Section 366.1,...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 366.4
  (a) Any minor for whom a guardianship has been established resulting from the selection or implementation of a permanency plan pursuant to Section 366.26 is...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 366.5
  The dependency jurisdiction shall be suspended for a child whom the juvenile court declares to be a dual status child based on the joint assessment...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 367
  (a) Whenever a person has been adjudged a dependent child of the juvenile court and has been committed or otherwise disposed of as provided in...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 368
  In a case where the residence of a dependent child of the juvenile court is out of the state and in another state or foreign...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 369
  (a) Whenever any person is taken into temporary custody under Article 7 (commencing with Section 305) and is in need of medical, surgical, dental, or...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 369.5
  (a) If a child is adjudged a dependent child of the court under Section 300 and the child has been removed from the physical custody...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 370
  The juvenile court may, in any case before it in which a petition has been filed as provided in Article 7 (commencing with Section 305),...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 375
  Whenever a petition is filed in the juvenile court of a county other than the residence of the person named in the petition, or whenever,...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 376
  The expense of the transfer and all expenses in connection with the transfer and for the support and maintenance of such person shall be paid...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 377
  Whenever a case is transferred as provided in Section 375, the order of transfer shall recite each and all of the findings, orders, or modification...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 378
  Whenever an order of transfer from another county is filed with the clerk of any juvenile court, the clerk shall place the transfer order on...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 379
  In any action under the provisions of this article in which the residence of a minor person is determined, both the county in which the...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 380
  Any person adjudged to be a dependent child of the juvenile court may be permitted by order of the court to reside in a county...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 385
  Any order made by the court in the case of any person subject to its jurisdiction may at any time be changed, modified, or set...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 386
  No order changing, modifying, or setting aside a previous order of the juvenile court shall be made either in chambers, or otherwise, unless prior notice...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 387
  (a) An order changing or modifying a previous order by removing a child from the physical custody of a parent, guardian, relative, or friend and...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 388
  (a) Any parent or other person having an interest in a child who is a dependent child of the juvenile court or the child himself...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 389
  (a) In any case in which a petition has been filed with a juvenile court to commence proceedings to adjudge a person a dependent child...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 390
  A judge of the juvenile court in which a petition was filed, at any time before the minor reaches the age of 21 years, may...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 391
  At any hearing to terminate jurisdiction over a dependent child who has reached the age of majority the county welfare department shall do both of...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 395
  (a) (1) A judgment in a proceeding under Section 300 may be appealed in the same manner as any final judgment, and any subsequent order...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 396
  It is the policy of the Legislature that foster care should be a temporary method of care for the children of this state, that children...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 397
  In order to carry out the policy stated in Section 396, each county welfare department or probation department shall report to the State Department of...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 399
  Any minor being considered for placement in a foster home shall have the right to make a brief statement to the court making a decision...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 400
  Any county may institute a program of advocates for pupils in foster care placement. A participating county shall be responsible for the nonfederal costs of...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 401
  The program shall utilize educational advocates to assist children in foster care through the educational system. To the extent possible, an advocate shall reflect the...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 402
  An advocate and a county participating in this program shall be held harmless by the state when acting in their official capacity except for acts...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 403
  An advocate shall not be assigned to assist any minor in foster care placement who has been appointed a surrogate parent.
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 404
  Any school district that has a foster youth services program shall not be eligible to participate in the program authorized by this chapter.
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 500
  The Legislature hereby finds that a substantial and disproportionate amount of serious crime is committed by a relatively small number of chronic juvenile offenders commonly...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 501
  (a) There is hereby established in the Office of Criminal Justice Planning a program of financial assistance for law enforcement, district attorneys, probation departments, juvenile...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 502
  (a) An individual shall be the subject of the efforts of programs established pursuant to this article who has been previously adjudged a ward pursuant...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 503
  Programs funded under this article shall adopt and pursue the following policies: (a) Each participating law enforcement agency shall do all of the following: (1)...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 504
  The judge of the juvenile court shall authorize the inspection of juvenile court records, probation and protective services records, district attorney records, school records, and...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 505
  Within three months of implementation of the program, all participating agencies in a county shall execute a written interagency agreement outlining their role in the...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 506
  Law enforcement agencies and district attorneys participating in programs funded pursuant to this article shall adopt procedures to require a check of juvenile criminal history...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 601
  (a) Any person under the age of 18 years who persistently or habitually refuses to obey the reasonable and proper orders or directions of his...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 601.2
  In the event that a parent or guardian or person in charge of a minor described in Section 48264.5 of the Education Code fails to...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 601.3
  (a) If the district attorney or the probation officer receives notice from the school district pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 48260.6 of the Education...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 601.4
  (a) The juvenile court judge may be assigned to sit as a superior court judge to hear any complaint alleging that a parent, guardian, or...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 601.5
  (a) Any county may, upon adoption of a resolution by the board of supervisors, establish an At-Risk Youth Early Intervention Program designed to assess and...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 602
  (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), any person who is under the age of 18 years when he or she violates any law of...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 602.3
  (a) Notwithstanding any other law and pursuant to the provisions of this section, the juvenile court shall commit any minor adjudicated to be a ward...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 602.5
  The juvenile court shall report the complete criminal history of any minor found to be a person adjudged to be a ward of the court...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 603
  (a) No court shall have jurisdiction to conduct a preliminary examination or to try the case of any person upon an accusatory pleading charging that...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 603.5
  (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in counties which adopt the provisions of this section, jurisdiction over the case of a minor alleged to...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 604
  (a) Whenever a case is before any court upon an accusatory pleading and it is suggested or appears to the judge before whom the person...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 605
  Whenever a petition is filed in a juvenile court alleging that a minor is a person within the description of Section 602, and while the...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 606
  When a petition has been filed in a juvenile court, the minor who is the subject of the petition shall not thereafter be subject to...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 607
  (a) The court may retain jurisdiction over any person who is found to be a ward or dependent child of the juvenile court until the...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 608
  In any case in which a person is alleged to be a person described in Section 601 or 602, or subdivision (a) of Section 604,...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 618.5
  If a prosecuting attorney has appeared on behalf of the people of the State of California in any juvenile court hearing which is based upon...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 625
  A peace officer may, without a warrant, take into temporary custody a minor: (a) Who is under the age of 18 years when such officer...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 625.1
  Any minor who is taken into temporary custody pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 625, when the peace officer has reasonable cause for believing the...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 625.2
  (a) Before administering the chemical test pursuant to Section 625.1, the peace officer shall give the following admonition: "I am asking you to take a...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 625.3
  Notwithstanding Section 625, a minor who is 14 years of age or older and who is taken into custody by a peace officer for the...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 625.5
  (a) It is the intent of the Legislature in enacting this section to accomplish the following purposes: (1) To safeguard the fiscal integrity of cities...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 626
  An officer who takes a minor into temporary custody under the provisions of Section 625 may do any of the following: (a) Release the minor....
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 626.5
  If an officer who takes a minor into temporary custody under the provisions of Section 625 determines that the minor should be brought to the...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 626.6
  Notwithstanding Section 626.5, any peace officer who takes a minor who is 14 years of age or older into temporary custody under Section 625.3 shall...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 627
  (a) When an officer takes a minor before a probation officer at a juvenile hall or to any other place of confinement pursuant to this...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 627.5
  In any case where a minor is taken before a probation officer pursuant to the provisions of Section 626 and it is alleged that such...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 628
  (a) Upon delivery to the probation officer of a minor who has been taken into temporary custody under the provisions of this article, the probation...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 628.1
  If the minor meets one or more of the criteria for detention under Section 628, but the probation officer believes that 24-hour secure detention is...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 629
  (a) As a condition for the release of a minor pursuant to Section 628.1 and subject to Sections 631 and 632, the probation officer shall...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 629.1
  Notwithstanding Section 628 or 628.1, whenever a minor who is 14 years of age or older is delivered to the custody of the probation officer...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 630
  (a) If the probation officer determines that the minor shall be retained in custody, he shall immediately proceed in accordance with Article 16 (commencing with...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 630.1
  Upon reasonable notification by counsel representing the minor, his parents or guardian, the clerk of the court shall notify such counsel of the hearings in...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 631
  (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), whenever a minor is taken into custody by a peace officer or probation officer, except when the minor...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 631.1
  When a minor willfully misrepresents himself to be 18 or more years of age when taken into custody by a peace officer or probation officer,...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 632
  (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), unless sooner released, a minor taken into custody under the provisions of this article shall, as soon as...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 633
  Upon his appearance before the court at the detention hearing, such minor and his parent or guardian, if present, shall first be informed of the...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 634
  When it appears to the court that the minor or his parent or guardian desires counsel but is unable to afford and cannot for that...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 634.6
  Any counsel upon entering an appearance on behalf of a minor shall continue to represent that minor unless relieved by the court upon the substitution...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 635
  The court will examine the minor, his or her parent, legal guardian, or other person having relevant knowledge, hear relevant evidence the minor, his or...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 635.1
  When the court finds a minor to be a person described by Section 602 and believes the minor may need specialized mental health treatment while...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 636
  (a) If it appears upon the hearing that the minor has violated an order of the juvenile court or has escaped from a commitment of...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 636.1
  (a) When a minor is detained pursuant to Section 636 following a finding by the court that continuance in the home is contrary to the...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 636.2
  The probation officer may operate and maintain nonsecure detention facilities, or may contract with public or private agencies offering such services, for those minors who...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 637
  When a hearing is held under the provisions of this article and no parent or guardian of such minor is present and no parent or...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 638
  Upon motion of the minor or a parent or guardian of such minor, the court shall continue any hearing or rehearing held under the provisions...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 639
  Upon any hearing or rehearing under the provisions of this article, the court may order such minor or any parent or guardian of such minor...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 641
  Whenever any minor is taken into temporary custody under the provisions of this article in any county other than the county in which the minor...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 650
  (a) Juvenile court proceedings to declare a minor a ward of the court pursuant to Section 601 are commenced by the filing of a petition...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 651
  Proceedings under this chapter may be commenced either in the juvenile court for the county in which a minor resides, or in which a minor...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 652
  Whenever the probation officer has cause to believe that there was or is within the county, or residing therein, a person within the provisions of...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 652.5
  Whenever an officer refers or delivers a minor pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 626, the agency to which the minor is referred or delivered...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 653
  Whenever any person applies to the probation officer or the district attorney in accordance with subdivision (e) of Section 601.3, to commence proceedings in the...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 653.1
  Notwithstanding Section 653, in the case of an affidavit alleging that the minor committed an offense described in Section 602, the probation officer shall cause...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 653.5
  (a) Whenever any person applies to the probation officer to commence proceedings in the juvenile court, the application shall be in the form of an...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 653.7
  If the probation officer does not take action under Section 654 and does not file a petition in juvenile court within 21 court days after...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 654
  In any case in which a probation officer, after investigation of an application for a petition or any other investigation he or she is authorized...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 654.1
  (a) Notwithstanding Section 654 or any other provision of law, in any case in which a minor has been charged with a violation of Section...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 654.2
  (a) If a petition has been filed by the prosecuting attorney to declare a minor a ward of the court under Section 602, the court...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 654.3
  No minor shall be eligible for the program of supervision set forth in Section 654 or 654.2 in the following cases, except in an unusual...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 654.4
  Any minor who is placed in a program of supervision set forth in Section 654 or 654.2 for a violation of an offense involving the...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 654.6
  A program of supervision pursuant to Section 654 or 654.2 for any minor described in Section 602 shall include constructive assignments that will help the...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 655
  (a) When any person has applied to the probation officer, pursuant to Section 653, to request commencement of juvenile court proceedings to declare a minor...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 655.5
  When an officer has referred or delivered a minor pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 626, and the referral agency does not initiate a service...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 656
  A petition to commence proceedings in the juvenile court to declare a minor a ward of the court shall be verified and shall contain all...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 656.1
  Any petition alleging that the minor is a person described by Section 602 shall specify as to each count whether the crime charged is a...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 656.2
  (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a victim shall have the right to present a victim impact statement in all juvenile court hearings concerning...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 656.5
  Any petition filed in juvenile court to commence proceedings pursuant to this chapter that is not verified may be dismissed without prejudice by such court.
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 657
  (a) Upon the filing of the petition, the clerk of the juvenile court shall set the same for hearing within 30 days, except as follows:...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 658
  (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), upon the filing of the petition, the clerk of the juvenile court shall issue a notice, to which...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 659
  The notice shall contain all of the following: (a) The name and address of the person to whom the notice is directed. (b) The date,...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 660
  (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), if the minor is detained, the clerk of the juvenile court shall cause the notice and copy of...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 660.5
  (a) This section shall be known as the Expedited Youth Accountability Program. It shall be operative in the superior court in Los Angeles County. It...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 661
  In addition to the notice provided in Sections 658 and 659, the juvenile court may issue its citation directing any parent, guardian, or foster parent...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 662
  In case such citation cannot be served, or the person served fails to obey it, or in any case in which it appears to the...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 663
  (a) Whenever a petition has been filed in the juvenile court alleging that a minor comes within the provisions of Section 601 or 602 of...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 664
  (a) The district attorney or the attorney of record for the minor may issue, and upon request of the probation officer, the minor, or the...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 675
  (a) All cases under the provisions of this chapter shall be heard at a special or separate session of the court, and no other matter...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 676
  (a) Unless requested by the minor concerning whom the petition has been filed and any parent or guardian present, the public shall not be admitted...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 676.5
  The right of victims of juvenile offenses to be present during juvenile proceedings, as specified in subdivision (a), shall be secured as follows: (a) Notwithstanding...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 677
  At any juvenile court hearing conducted by a juvenile court judge, an official court reporter shall, and at any such hearing conducted by a juvenile...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 678
  The provisions of Chapter 8 (commencing with Section 469) of Title 6 of Part 2 of the Code of Civil Procedure relating to variance and...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 679
  A minor who is the subject of a juvenile court hearing and any person entitled to notice of the hearing under the provisions of Section...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 680
  The judge of the juvenile court shall control all proceedings during the hearings with a view to the expeditious and effective ascertainment of the jurisdictional...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 681
  (a) In a juvenile court hearing which is based upon a petition that alleges that the minor upon whose behalf the petition is being brought...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 618.5
  If a prosecuting attorney has appeared on behalf of the people of the State of California in any juvenile court hearing which is based upon...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 682
  (a) To continue any hearing relating to proceedings pursuant to Section 601 or 602, regardless of the custody status of the minor, beyond the time...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 700
  At the beginning of the hearing on a petition filed pursuant to Article 16 (commencing with Section 650) of this chapter, the judge or clerk...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 700.1
  Any motion to suppress as evidence any tangible or intangible thing obtained as a result of an unlawful search or seizure shall be heard prior...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 700.2
  Upon his or her appearance before the juvenile court on a complaint charging violation of Section 48293 of the Education Code, the juvenile court shall...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 701
  At the hearing, the court shall first consider only the question whether the minor is a person described by Section 300, 601, or 602. The...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 701.1
  At the hearing, the court, on motion of the minor or on its own motion, shall order that the petition be dismissed and that the...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 702
  After hearing the evidence, the court shall make a finding, noted in the minutes of the court, whether or not the minor is a person...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 702.3
  Notwithstanding any other provision of law: (a) When a minor denies, by a plea of not guilty by reason of insanity, the allegations of a...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 702.5
  In any hearing conducted pursuant to Section 701 or 702 to determine whether a minor is a person described in Section 601 or 602, the...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 704
  (a) If the court has determined that a minor is a person described by Section 602, or if the court has determined that a minor...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 705
  Whenever the court, before or during the hearing on the petition, is of the opinion that the minor is mentally disordered or if the court...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 706
  After finding that a minor is a person described in Section 601 or 602, the court shall hear evidence on the question of the proper...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 706.5
  (a) If placement in foster care is recommended by the probation officer, or where the minor is already in foster care placement or pending placement...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 706.6
  A case plan prepared as required by Section 706.5 shall be submitted to the court. It shall either be attached to the social study or...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 707
  (a) (1) In any case in which a minor is alleged to be a person described in subdivision (a) of Section 602 by reason of...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 707.01
  (a) If a minor is found an unfit subject to be dealt with under the juvenile court law pursuant to Section 707, then the following...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 707.1
  (a) If the minor is declared not a fit and proper subject to be dealt with under the juvenile court law, or as to a...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 707.2
  (a) Prior to sentence and after considering a recommendation on the issue which shall be made by the probation department, the court of criminal jurisdiction...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 707.4
  In any case arising under this article in which there is no conviction in the criminal court, the clerk of the criminal court shall report...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 708
  Whenever a minor who appears to be a danger to himself or herself or others as a result of the use of controlled substances (as...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 710
  (a) Sections 711, 712, and 713 shall not be applicable in a county unless the application of those sections in the county has been approved...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 711
  (a) When it appears to the court, or upon request of the prosecutor or counsel for the minor, at any time, that a minor who...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 712
  (a) The evaluation ordered by the court under Section 711 shall be made, in accordance with the provisions of Section 741, by an appropriate and...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 713
  (a) For any minor described in Section 711 who is determined by the court under Section 712 to be seriously emotionally disturbed, have a serious...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 714
  A regional center, as described in Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 4620) of Division 4.5, shall not be required to provide assessments or services to...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 725
  After receiving and considering the evidence on the proper disposition of the case, the court may enter judgment as follows: (a) If the court has...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 725.5
  In determining the judgment and order to be made in any case in which the minor is found to be a person described in Section...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 726
  (a) In all cases in which a minor is adjudged a ward or dependent child of the court, the court may limit the control to...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 726.4
  (a) At the disposition hearing, in any case where the court orders the care, custody, and control of the minor to be under the supervision...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 726.5
  (a) At any time when (1) the minor is a ward of the juvenile court under Section 725, or the court terminates wardship while the...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 727
  (a) When a minor is adjudged a ward of the court on the ground that he or she is a person described by Section 601...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 727.1
  (a) When the court orders the care, custody, and control of the minor to be under the supervision of the probation officer for foster care...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 727.2
  The purpose of this section is to provide a means to monitor the safety and well-being of every minor in foster care who has been...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 727.3
  The purpose of this section is to provide a means to monitor the safety and well-being of every minor in foster care who has been...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 727.31
  (a) This section applies to all minors placed in out-of-home care pursuant to Section 727.2 or 727.3 and for whom the juvenile court orders a...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 727.32
  (a) In any case where a minor has been declared a ward of the juvenile court and has been in foster care for 15 of...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 727.4
  (a) (1) Notice of any hearing pursuant to Section 727, 727.2, or 727.3 shall be mailed by the probation officer to the minor, the minor's...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 727.5
  If a minor is found to be a person described in Section 601, the court may order the minor to perform community service, including, but...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 727.6
  Where any minor has been adjudged a ward of the court for the commission of a "sexually violent offense," as defined in Section 6600, and...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 727.7
  (a) If a minor is found to be a person described in Section 602 by reason of the commission of a gang-related offense, and the...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 728
  (a) The juvenile court may terminate or modify a guardianship of the person of a minor previously established under the Probate Code, or appoint a...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 729
  If a minor is found to be a person described in Section 602 by reason of the commission of a battery on school property as...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 729.1
  (a) (1) If a minor is found to be a person described in Section 602 by reason of the commission of a crime which takes...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 729.2
  If a minor is found to be a person described in Section 601 or 602 and the court does not remove the minor from the...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 729.3
  If a minor is found to be a person described in Section 601 or 602 and the court does not remove the minor from the...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 729.5
  (a) If a petition alleges that a minor is a person described by Section 602 and the petition is sustained, the court, in addition to...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 729.6
  If a minor is found to be a person described in Section 602 by reason of the commission of an offense described in Section 241.2...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 729.7
  At the request of the victim, the probation officer shall assist in mediating a service contract between the victim and the minor under which the...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 729.8
  (a) If a minor is found to be a person described in Section 602 by reason of the unlawful possession, use, sale, or other furnishing...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 729.9
  If a minor is found to be a person described in Section 602 by reason of the commission of an offense involving the unlawful possession,...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 729.10
  (a) Whenever, in any county specified in subdivision (b), a judge of a juvenile court or referee of a juvenile court finds a minor to...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 729.12
  (a) It is the intent of the Legislature to authorize an Assessment, Orientation, and Volunteer Mentor Pilot Program in San Diego County. The pilot project...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 729.13
  (a) The Department of the Youth Authority shall recognize, on an annual basis, exemplary Californians who do any of the following: (1) Voluntarily participate in...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 730
  (a) When a minor is adjudged a ward of the court on the ground that he or she is a person described by Section 602,...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 730.5
  When a minor is adjudged a ward of the court on the ground that he or she is a person described in Section 602, in...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 730.6
  (a) (1) It is the intent of the Legislature that a victim of conduct for which a minor is found to be a person described...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 730.7
  (a) In a case in which a minor is ordered to make restitution to the victim or victims, or the minor is ordered to pay...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 730.8
  (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), the court shall require any minor who is ordered to pay restitution pursuant to Section 730.6, or to...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 731
  (a) If a minor is adjudged a ward of the court on the ground that he or she is a person described by Section 602,...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 731.1
  Notwithstanding any other law, the court committing a ward to the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, Division of Juvenile Facilities, upon the recommendation of the...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 731.2
  (a) The Department of the Youth Authority and Fresno County may enter into a partnership for the establishment and maintenance of a pilot program juvenile...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 731.5
  In addition to the provisions of Section 731, if a minor's conduct constitutes a violation of Section 490.5 of the Penal Code, the court may...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 732
  Before a minor is conveyed to any state or county institution pursuant to this article, it shall be ascertained from the superintendent thereof that such...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 733
  A ward of the juvenile court who meets any condition described below shall not be committed to the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, Division of...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 734
  No ward of the juvenile court shall be committed to the Youth Authority unless the judge of the court is fully satisfied that the mental...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 735
  Accompanying the commitment papers, the court shall send to the Director of the Youth Authority a summary of all the facts in the possession of...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 736
  (a) Except as provided in Section 733, the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, Division of Juvenile Facilities, shall accept a ward committed to it pursuant...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 737
  (a) Whenever a person has been adjudged a ward of the juvenile court and has been committed or otherwise disposed of as provided in this...
• California Welfare And Institutions Code Section 738
  In a case where the residence of a minor placed on probation under the provisions of Section 725 or of a ward of