California Welfare and Institutions Code ARTICLE 17 - Wards—Hearings

• 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 shall...
• 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 to...
• 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 any other...
• 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...
• 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...
• 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...
• 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...
• 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 is...
• Section 681.5.
  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...
• 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 limit...
• 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...
• 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...
• 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...
• 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...
• 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...
• 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...
• 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 petition filed...
• 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...
• 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 is...
• 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...
• 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...
• 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 pursuant...
• Section 706.6.
  (a) Services to minors are best provided in a framework that integrates service planning and delivery among multiple service systems, including the mental health system, using...
• Section 707.
  (a) (1) In any case in which a minor is alleged to be a person described in Section 602 by reason of the violation, when he or...
• 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 shall...
• 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 minor...
• 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 may...
• 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...
• Section 708.
  (a) 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...
• Section 709.
  (a) During the pendency of any juvenile proceeding, the minor’s counsel or the court may express a doubt as to the minor’s competency. A minor is...
• 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 by...
• 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 is...
• Section 712.
  (a) The evaluation ordered by the court under Section 711 shall be made, in accordance with the provisions of Section 741 and Division 4.5 (commencing with...
• 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 mental...
• 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...

Last modified: October 22, 2018