California Welfare and Institutions Code ARTICLE 4 - The Juvenile Court

• 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...
• 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...
• 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...
• 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...
• Section 248.
  (a) A referee shall hear those cases that are assigned to him or her by the presiding judge of the juvenile court, with the same powers...
• Section 248.5.
  All written findings and orders of the court shall be served by the clerk of the court personally, by first-class mail, or by electronic service...
• 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.(Added by...
• 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...
• 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...
• 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...
• 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...
• 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.(Added by Stats....
• 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...
• 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...
• 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...
• 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 before a...
• 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, or...
• 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...
• Section 261.
  Subject to the provisions of Section 262, all orders of a juvenile hearing officer shall be immediately effective.(Amended by Stats. 1997, Ch. 679, Sec. 7....
• 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...
• 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...
• 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...
• Section 265.
  The Judicial Council shall establish rules governing practice and procedure in the juvenile court not inconsistent with law.(Added by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1068.)

Last modified: October 22, 2018