{"code":"WIC","codeName":"Welfare and Institutions Code","section":"345","citation":"Welf. & Inst. Code, § 345","status":"in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"DIVISION 2. CHILDREN [100. - 1500.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/welfare-and-institutions-code/division-2"},{"name":"PART 1. DELINQUENTS AND WARDS OF THE JUVENILE COURT [100. - 1459.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/welfare-and-institutions-code/division-2/part-1"},{"name":"CHAPTER 2. Juvenile Court Law [200. - 987.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/welfare-and-institutions-code/division-2/part-1/chapter-2"},{"name":"ARTICLE 9. Dependent Children—Hearings [345. - 359.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/welfare-and-institutions-code/division-2/part-1/chapter-2/article-9"}],"history":"Amended by Stats. 1987, Ch. 1485, Sec. 31.","effective":null,"html":"<p>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 such a session. No person on trial, awaiting trial, or under accusation of crime, other than a parent, guardian, or relative of the minor, shall be permitted to be present at any such session, except as a witness.</p><p>Cases in which the minor is detained and the sole allegation is that the minor is a person described in Section <a href=\"/wic/300\">300</a> shall be granted precedence on the calendar of the court for the day on which the case is set for hearing.</p>","text":"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 such a session. No person on trial, awaiting trial, or under accusation of crime, other than a parent, guardian, or relative of the minor, shall be permitted to be present at any such session, except as a witness. Cases in which the minor is detained and the sole allegation is that the minor is a person described in Section 300 shall be granted precedence on the calendar of the court for the day on which the case is set for hearing.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/welfare-and-institutions-code/dependent-children-hearings-345","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}