California Welfare and Institutions Code ARTICLE 14 - Wards—Jurisdiction

• Section 601.
  (a) Any person under 18 years of age who persistently or habitually refuses to obey the reasonable and proper orders or directions of his or her...
• 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...
• 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 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 other...
• 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 serve...
• Section 602.
  Except as provided in Section 707, any person who is under 18 years of age when he or she violates any law of this state...
• 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 of...
• 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...
• 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 person...
• Section 603.5.
  (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in a county that adopts the provisions of this section, jurisdiction over the case of a minor alleged to...
• 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 is...
• 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...
• 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...
• 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 ward...
• Section 607.1.
  (a) This section shall become operative on the 90th day after the enactment of the act adding this section.(b) (1) Notwithstanding Section 607, the court shall retain jurisdiction...
• Section 607.2.
  (a) (1) On and after January 1, 2012, the court shall hold a hearing prior to terminating jurisdiction over a ward who satisfies any of the following...
• Section 607.3.
  On and after January 1, 2012, at the hearing required under Section 607.2 for a ward who is 18 years of age or older and...
• Section 607.5.
  (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, whenever the juvenile court terminates jurisdiction over a ward who has also been designated a dependent of the court,...
• 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,...

Last modified: October 22, 2018