California Welfare and Institutions Code ARTICLE 16 - Wards—Commencement of Proceedings

• 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 by...
• 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...
• 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...
• Section 652.5.
  (a) 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...
• 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...
• 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...
• 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 affidavit...
• 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...
• 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...
• 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 23140...
• 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 may,...
• 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...
• 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...
• 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...
• 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 a...
• 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...
• 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...
• 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...
• Section 656.2.
  (a) (1) Notwithstanding any other law, a victim shall have the right to present a victim impact statement in all juvenile court hearings concerning petitions filed pursuant...
• 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.(Added...
• 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:(1) In the...
• 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 shall...
• 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, time, and place of...
• 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 the...
• 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 shall...
• Section 661.
  (a) In addition to the notice provided in Sections 658 and 659, the juvenile court may issue a citation directing any parent, guardian, or foster parent...
• 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...
• 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 this...
• 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 minor’s...

Last modified: October 22, 2018