CHAPTER 2. Juvenile Court Law

Chapter 2 repealed and added by Stats. 1961, Ch. 1616.

§§ 200–987 · 683 sections

1. ARTICLE 1. General Provisions §§ 200–224.7 · 54 sections

   • § 200 This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Arnold-Kennick Juvenile Court Law.”
   • § 201 The provisions of this chapter, insofar as they are substantially the same as existing statutory provisions relating to the same subject matter, shall be…
   • § 202 (a) The purpose of this chapter is to provide for the protection and safety of the public and each minor under the jurisdiction of the juvenile court and to…
   • § 202.5 The duties of the probation officer, as described in this chapter with respect to minors alleged or adjudged to be described by Section 300, whether or not…
   • § 203 An order adjudging a minor to be a ward of the juvenile court shall not be deemed a conviction of a crime for any purpose, nor shall a proceeding in the…
   • § 204 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, except provisions of law governing the retention and storage of data, a family law court and a court hearing a…
   • § 204.5 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the name of a minor may be disclosed to the public if the minor is 14 years of age or older and found by the…
   • § 205 All commitments to institutions or for placement in family homes under this chapter shall be, so far as practicable, either to institutions or for placement in…
   • § 206 Persons taken into custody and persons alleged to be within the description of Section 300, or persons adjudged to be such and made dependent children of the…
   • § 207 (a) A minor shall not be detained in any jail, lockup, juvenile hall, or other secure facility if the minor is taken into custody solely upon the ground that…
   • § 207.1 (a) A court, judge, referee, peace officer, or employee of a detention facility shall not knowingly detain any minor in a jail or lockup, unless otherwise…
   • § 207.2 A minor who is held in temporary custody in a law enforcement facility that contains a lockup for adults pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 207.1 may be…
   • § 207.5 Every person who misrepresents or falsely identifies himself or herself either verbally or by presenting any fraudulent written instrument to any probation…
   • § 208 (a) When any person under 18 years of age is detained in or sentenced to an adult facility, including a jail or other facility established for the purpose of…
   • § 208.1 (a) A county or city youth residential placement or detention center shall provide persons in their custody with accessible, functional voice communication…
   • § 208.3 (a) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply: (1) “Juvenile facility” includes any of the following: (A) A juvenile hall, as described in…
   • § 208.5 (a) Notwithstanding any other law, any person whose case originated in juvenile court shall remain, if the person is held in secure detention, in a county…
   • § 208.55 (a) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply: (1) “Juvenile” means a person who meets any of the following criteria: (A) A person under 18…
   • § 209 (a) (1) The judge of the juvenile court of a county, or, if there is more than one judge, any of the judges of the juvenile court shall, at least annually,…
   • § 210 The Board of Corrections shall adopt minimum standards for the operation and maintenance of juvenile halls for the confinement of minors.
   • § 210.1 The Board of Corrections shall develop guidelines for the operation and maintenance of nonsecure placement facilities for persons alleged or found to be…
   • § 210.2 (a) The Board of Corrections shall adopt regulations establishing standards for law enforcement facilities which contain lockups for adults and which are used…
   • § 210.5 The Legislature finds and declares that it is in the best public interest to encourage innovations in staffing ratios, maximization of housing unit size, and…
   • § 210.6 (a) (1) Mechanical restraints, including, but not limited to, handcuffs, chains, irons, straitjackets or cloth or leather restraints, or other similar items,…
   • § 211 (a) A person under the age of 14 years shall not be committed to a state prison or be transferred thereto from any other institution. (b) Notwithstanding any…
   • § 212 There shall be no fee for filing a petition under this chapter nor shall any fees be charged by any public officer for his services in filing or serving papers…
   • § 212.5 (a) Unless otherwise provided by law, a document in a juvenile court matter may be filed and served electronically, as prescribed by Section 1010.6 of the Code…
   • § 213 Any willful disobedience or interference with any lawful order of the juvenile court or of a judge or referee thereof constitutes a contempt of court.
   • § 213.3 A person under 18 years of age shall not be detained in a secure facility, as defined in Section 206, solely upon the ground that he or she is in willful…
   • § 213.5 (a) After a petition has been filed pursuant to Section 311 to declare a child a dependent child of the juvenile court, and until the time that the petition is…
   • § 213.6 (a) If a person named in a temporary restraining order or emergency protective order issued under this part is personally served with the order and notice of…
   • § 213.7 (a) The court shall order that any party enjoined pursuant to Section 213.5, 304, 362.4, or 726.5 be prohibited from taking any action to obtain the address or…
   • § 214 In each instance in which a provision of this chapter authorizes the execution by any person of a written promise to appear or to have any other person appear…
   • § 215 As used in this chapter, unless otherwise specifically provided, the term “probation officer” or “social worker” shall include the juvenile probation officer…
   • § 216 This chapter shall not apply: (a) To any person who violates any law of this state defining a crime, and is at the time of such violation under the age of 18…
   • § 217 (a) The board of supervisors of any county or the governing body of any city may by ordinance provide that any personal property with a value of not more than…
   • § 218 In any case in which, pursuant to this chapter, the court appoints counsel to represent any person who desires but is unable to employ counsel, counsel shall…
   • § 218.5 All counsel performing duties under this chapter, including, but not limited to, county counsel, court appointed counsel, or volunteer counsel, shall…
   • § 219 The board of supervisors of a county may provide a ward of the juvenile court engaged in rehabilitative work without pay, under an assignment by order of the…
   • § 219.5 (a) No ward of the juvenile court or Department of Youth and Community Restoration, shall perform any function that provides access to personal information of…
   • § 220 (a) A condition or restriction shall not be imposed upon the obtaining of an abortion by an individual detained in any local juvenile facility, pursuant to…
   • § 221 (a) A person confined in a state or local juvenile facility shall, without needing to request, be allowed to continue to use materials necessary for personal…
   • § 222 (a) A female in the custody of a local juvenile facility shall have the right to summon and receive the services of a physician and surgeon of her choice in…
   • § 223 (a) (1) The parents or guardians of any minor in the custody of the state or the county, if they can reasonably be located, shall be notified within 24 hours…
   • § 223.1 (a) (1) At least one individual who is a parent, guardian, or designated emergency contact of a person in the custody of the Division of Juvenile Facilities,…
   • § 223.2 (a) The unpaid outstanding balance of any county-assessed or court-ordered costs imposed before January 1, 2018, pursuant to Section 207.2, 903, or 903.1,…
   • § 224 (a) The Legislature finds and declares the following: (1) Federally recognized tribes are sovereign nations with inherent rights to self-governance. Federally…
   • § 224.1 (a) As used in this division, unless the context requires otherwise, the following definitions shall apply: (1) “Indian” means any person who is a member or…
   • § 224.2 (a) The court, county welfare department, and the probation department have an affirmative and continuing duty to inquire whether a child for whom a petition…
   • § 224.3 (a) If the court, a social worker, or probation officer knows or has reason to know, as described in subdivision (d) of Section 224.2, that an Indian child is…
   • § 224.4 The Indian child’s tribe and Indian custodian, as defined in Section 224.1, have the right to intervene at any point in an Indian child custody proceeding.
   • § 224.5 In an Indian child custody proceeding, as defined in subdivision (d) of Section 224.1, the court shall give full faith and credit to the public acts, records,…
   • § 224.6 (a) When testimony of a “qualified expert witness” is required in an Indian child custody proceeding, a “qualified expert witness” shall be qualified to…
   • § 224.7 The State Department of Social Services may establish and administer programs designed to facilitate tribal participation in Indian child custody proceedings,…
2. ARTICLE 1.5. Youth Bill of Rights §§ 224.70–224.74 · 5 sections

   • § 224.70 For the purposes of this article: (a) “Extended family member” means any adult related to the youth by blood, adoption, or marriage, and any adult who has an…
   • § 224.71 It is the policy of the state that all youth confined in a juvenile facility shall have the following rights, which are established by existing law and…
   • § 224.72 (a) Every juvenile facility shall provide each youth who is placed in the facility with an age and developmentally appropriate orientation that includes an…
   • § 224.73 All juvenile facilities shall ensure the safety and dignity of all youth in their care and shall not discriminate against any youth on the basis of actual or…
   • § 224.74 The Office of Youth and Community Restoration, in consultation with youth, youth advocate and support groups, and groups representing children, families,…
3. ARTICLE 2. Commissions and Committees §§ 225–236 · 14 sections

   • § 225 In each county there shall be a juvenile justice commission consisting of not less than 7 and no more than 15 citizens. Two or more of the members shall be…
   • § 226 In lieu of county juvenile justice commissions, the boards of supervisors of two or more adjacent counties may agree to establish a regional juvenile justice…
   • § 227 The clerk of the court of the appointing judge shall immediately notify each person appointed a member of a county or regional juvenile justice commission and…
   • § 228 A juvenile justice commission shall elect a chairman and vice chairman annually.
   • § 229 It shall be the duty of a juvenile justice commission to inquire into the administration of the juvenile court law in the county or region in which the…
   • § 229.5 (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a juvenile justice commission may inquire into the operation of any group home that serves wards or dependent…
   • § 230 A juvenile justice commission may recommend to any person charged with the administration of any of the provisions of this chapter such changes as it has…
   • § 231 Members of a juvenile justice commission shall be reimbursed for their actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties. Such…
   • § 232 The board of supervisors may by ordinance provide for the establishment, support, and maintenance of one or more agencies or departments to cooperate with and…
   • § 233 The board of supervisors may by ordinance provide for the establishment, support, and maintenance of a delinquency prevention commission, composed of not fewer…
   • § 233.5 In a county having a population of over 6,000,000, the board of supervisors may assign the responsibility for assisting and advising the board and other county…
   • § 234 The board of supervisors may by ordinance provide for the establishment, support, and maintenance of a delinquency prevention agency or department, or may…
   • § 235 The juvenile court and the probation department of any county may establish, or assist in the establishment of, any public council or committee having as its…
   • § 236 Notwithstanding any other law, probation departments may engage in activities designed to prevent juvenile delinquency. These activities include rendering…
4. ARTICLE 3. Probation Commission §§ 240–243 · 6 sections

   • § 240 In counties having a population in excess of 6,000,000 in lieu of a county juvenile justice commission, there shall be a probation commission consisting of not…
   • § 241 The members of a probation commission appointed and holding office under prior provisions of law on January 1, 1977, shall continue in office and shall be…
   • § 241.1 (a) Whenever a minor appears to come within the description of both Section 300 and Section 601 or 602, the county probation department and the child welfare…
   • § 241.2 (a) The Judicial Council shall convene a committee comprised of stakeholders involved in serving the needs of dependents or wards of the juvenile court,…
   • § 242 The members of the probation commission shall hold office for four years and until their successors are appointed and qualify. Of those first appointed,…
   • § 243 The probation commission shall function in an advisory capacity to the probation officer.
5. ARTICLE 4. The Juvenile Court §§ 245–265 · 23 sections

   • § 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…
   • § 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 minor who is subject to…
   • § 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 cases under this…
   • § 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 juvenile court…
   • § 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 as a judge of the…
   • § 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 pursuant to…
   • § 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.
   • § 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 the…
   • § 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 may establish…
   • § 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 minor or his or her parent or guardian…
   • § 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 of any matter heard before…
   • § 254 All rehearings of matters heard before a referee shall be before a judge of the juvenile court and shall be conducted de novo.
   • § 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…
   • § 256 Subject to the orders of the juvenile court, a juvenile hearing officer may hear and dispose of any case in which a minor who is between 12 years of age and 17…
   • § 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 signs a written…
   • § 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 referee…
   • § 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 a finding…
   • § 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 clerk of the…
   • § 261 Subject to the provisions of Section 262, all orders of a juvenile hearing officer shall be immediately effective.
   • § 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 the juvenile court may set aside or modify…
   • § 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 of the minor,…
   • § 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 time in…
   • § 265 The Judicial Council shall establish rules governing practice and procedure in the juvenile court not inconsistent with law.
6. ARTICLE 5. Probation Officers §§ 270–286 · 18 sections

   • § 270 The chief probation officer shall be appointed and compensation for the position shall be determined as provided in Chapter 16 (commencing with Section 27770)…
   • § 271 In counties having charters that provide a method of appointment and tenure of office for the superintendent, matron, and other employees of the juvenile hall,…
   • § 272 (a) (1) The board of supervisors may delegate to the county welfare department all or part of the duties of the probation officer concerning dependent children…
   • § 273 The probation officer may, within budgetary limitations established by the board of supervisors, employ such psychiatrists, psychologists, and other clinical…
   • § 274 Each probation officer and each assistant and deputy probation officer receiving an official salary shall furnish a bond in the sum of not more than two…
   • § 275 (a) For the purpose of handling the reimbursement and other payments provided for in this chapter, the probation officer or other county officer designated by…
   • § 276 In addition to the powers and duties of the probation officer elsewhere prescribed in this chapter, the probation officer is authorized to receive money, give…
   • § 277 The probation officer may authorize the sale of articles of handiwork made by wards under the jurisdiction of the probation officer to the public at probation…
   • § 278 The board of supervisors may delegate to the auditor or other county officer any of the functions of the probation officer authorized by Section 276 and…
   • § 279 The board of supervisors may impose a service charge at a uniform rate sufficient to defray the cost of services of the probation officer or other officer…
   • § 280 Except where waived by the probation officer, judge, or referee and the minor, the probation officer shall be present in court to represent the interests of…
   • § 281 The probation officer shall upon order of any court in any matter involving the custody, status, or welfare of a minor or minors, make an investigation of…
   • § 281.5 If a probation officer determines to recommend to the court that a minor alleged to come within Section 300, 601, or 602, or adjudged to come within Section…
   • § 282 At any time the judge of the juvenile court may, and upon the request of the county board of supervisors shall, require the probation officer to examine into…
   • § 283 Every probation officer, assistant probation officer, and deputy probation officer shall have the powers and authority conferred by law upon peace officers…
   • § 284 All probation officers shall make such special and periodic reports to the Youth Authority as the authority may require and upon forms furnished by the…
   • § 285 All probation officers shall make periodic reports to the Attorney General at those times and in the manner prescribed by the Attorney General, provided that…
   • § 286 Any person lawfully appointed to serve as a probation officer or assistant or deputy probation officer prior to the effective date of this section shall…
7. ARTICLE 5.5. Notices in Dependent Child Proceedings §§ 290.1–297 · 9 sections

   • § 290.1 If the probation officer or social worker determines that the child shall be retained in custody, he or she shall immediately file a petition pursuant to…
   • § 290.2 Upon the filing of a petition by a probation officer or social worker, the clerk of the juvenile court shall issue notice, to which shall be attached a copy of…
   • § 291 After the initial petition hearing, the clerk of the court shall cause the notice to be served in the following manner: (a) Notice of the hearing shall be…
   • § 292 The social worker or probation officer shall give notice of the review hearing held pursuant to Section 364 in the following manner: (a) Notice of the hearing…
   • § 293 The social worker or probation officer shall give notice of the review hearings held pursuant to Section 366.21, 366.22, or 366.25 in the following manner: (a)…
   • § 294 The social worker or probation officer shall give notice of a selection and implementation hearing held pursuant to Section 366.26 in the following manner: (a)…
   • § 295 The social worker or probation officer shall give notice of review hearings held pursuant to Sections 366.3 and 366.31 and for termination of jurisdiction…
   • § 296 Upon any hearing or rehearing under this article, the court may order the child or any parent or guardian, or Indian custodian of the child who is present in…
   • § 297 (a) (1) A subsequent petition filed pursuant to Section 342 shall be noticed pursuant to Sections 290.1 and 290.2, except that service may be delivered by…
8. ARTICLE 6. Dependent Children—Jurisdiction §§ 300–304.7 · 10 sections

   • § 300 A child who comes within any of the following descriptions is within the jurisdiction of the juvenile court which may adjudge that person to be a dependent…
   • § 300.1 Notwithstanding subdivision (e) of Section 361 and Section 16507, family reunification services shall not be provided to a child adjudged a dependent pursuant…
   • § 300.2 (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the purpose of the provisions of this chapter relating to dependent children is to provide maximum safety and…
   • § 300.3 (a) Notwithstanding Section 215 or 272, or any other provision of law, a child or nonminor whose jurisdiction is modified pursuant to subdivision (b) of…
   • § 300.5 In any case in which a child is alleged to come within the provisions of Section 300 on the basis that he or she is in need of medical care, the court, in…
   • § 301 (a) In any case in which a social worker, after investigation of an application for petition or other investigation he or she is authorized to make, determines…
   • § 302 (a) A juvenile court may assume jurisdiction over a child described in Section 300 regardless of whether the child was in the physical custody of both parents…
   • § 303 (a) The court may retain jurisdiction over any person who is found to be a ward or a dependent child of the juvenile court until the ward or dependent child…
   • § 304 After a petition has been filed pursuant to Section 311, and until the time that the petition is dismissed or dependency is terminated, no other division of…
   • § 304.7 (a) The Judicial Council shall develop and implement standards for the education and training of all judges who conduct hearings pursuant to Section 300. The…
9. ARTICLE 7. Dependent Children—Temporary Custody and Detention §§ 305–324.5 · 34 sections

   • § 305 Any peace officer may, without a warrant, take into temporary custody a minor: (a) When the officer has reasonable cause for believing that the minor is a…
   • § 305.5 (a) In any Indian child custody proceeding as defined by Section 224.1, the court shall determine the child’s residence and domicile as defined in Section…
   • § 305.6 (a) Any peace officer may, without a warrant, take into temporary custody a child who is in a hospital if the release of the child to a prospective adoptive…
   • § 306 (a) Any social worker in a county welfare department, or in an Indian tribe that has entered into an agreement pursuant to Section 10553.1 while acting within…
   • § 306.5 In any case in which a social worker takes a minor into custody pursuant to Section 306, the social worker shall, to the extent that it is practical and…
   • § 306.6 (a) In a dependency proceeding involving a child who would otherwise be an Indian child, based on the definition contained in subdivision (b) of Section 224.1,…
   • § 307 A peace officer or probation officer who takes a minor into temporary custody under the provisions of Section 305 shall thereafter proceed as follows: (a) The…
   • § 307.4 (a) Any peace officer, probation officer, or social worker who takes into temporary custody pursuant to Sections 305 to 307, inclusive, a minor who comes…
   • § 307.5 Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 307, an officer who takes a minor suspected of being a person described in Section 300 into temporary custody…
   • § 308 (a) When a peace officer or social worker takes a minor into custody pursuant to this article, he or she shall take immediate steps to notify the minor’s…
   • § 309 (a) Upon delivery to the social worker of a child who has been taken into temporary custody under this article, the social worker shall immediately investigate…
   • § 310 As a condition for the release of such minor, the probation officer may require such minor or his parent, guardian, or relative, or both, to sign a written…
   • § 311 (a) If the probation officer determines that the minor shall be retained in custody, he or she shall immediately file a petition pursuant to Section 332 with…
   • § 313 (a) Whenever a minor is taken into custody by a peace officer or probation officer, except when such minor willfully misrepresents himself as 18 or more years…
   • § 314 When a minor willfully misrepresents himself to be 18 or more years of age when taken into custody by a peace officer or probation officer, and this…
   • § 315 If a child has been taken into custody under this article and not released to a parent or guardian, the juvenile court shall hold a hearing (which shall be…
   • § 316 Upon his or her appearance before the court at the detention hearing, each parent or guardian and the minor, if present, shall first be informed of the reasons…
   • § 316.1 (a) Upon his or her appearance before the court, each parent or guardian shall designate for the court his or her permanent mailing address. The court shall…
   • § 316.2 (a) At the detention hearing, or as soon thereafter as practicable, the court shall inquire of the mother and any other appropriate person as to the identity…
   • § 317 (a) (1) When it appears to the court that a parent or guardian of the child desires counsel but is presently financially unable to afford and cannot for that…
   • § 317.5 (a) All parties who are represented by counsel at dependency proceedings shall be entitled to competent counsel. (b) Each minor who is the subject of a…
   • § 317.6 (a) On or before January 1, 1996, the Judicial Council shall, after consulting with representatives from the State Bar of California, county counsels, district…
   • § 318 If a district attorney has represented a minor in a dependency proceeding, that district attorney shall not appear, on behalf of the people of the State of…
   • § 318.5 In a juvenile court hearing, where the parent or guardian is represented by counsel, the county counsel or district attorney shall, at the request of the…
   • § 319 (a) At the initial petition hearing, the court shall review the report described in subdivision (b) and examine the child’s parents, guardians, Indian…
   • § 319.1 When the court finds a minor to be a person described by Section 300, and believes that the minor may need specialized mental health treatment while the minor…
   • § 319.2 Notwithstanding Section 319, when a child under the age of six years is not released from the custody of the court, the child may be placed in a community care…
   • § 319.3 (a) Notwithstanding Section 319, a child who is the subject of a petition under Section 300 and who is 6 to 12 years of age, inclusive, may be placed in a…
   • § 319.4 If it is known or if there is reason to know the child is an Indian child, and the child has been ordered detained pursuant to Section 319, any party may…
   • § 321 When a hearing is held under the provisions of this article and no parent or guardian of the minor is present and no parent or guardian has had actual notice…
   • § 322 Upon motion of the minor or a parent or guardian of such minor, the court shall continue any hearing or rehearing held under the provisions of this article for…
   • § 323 Upon any hearing or rehearing under the provisions of this article, the court may order such minor or any parent or guardian of such minor who is present in…
   • § 324 Whenever any minor is taken into temporary custody under the provisions of this article in any county other than the county in which the minor is alleged to be…
   • § 324.5 (a) Whenever allegations of physical or sexual abuse of a child come to the attention of a local law enforcement agency or the local child welfare department…
10. ARTICLE 8. Dependent Children—Commencement of Proceedings §§ 325–342 · 20 sections

    • § 325 A proceeding in the juvenile court to declare a child to be a dependent child of the court is commenced by the filing with the court, by the social worker, of…
    • § 326.5 The Judicial Council shall adopt a rule of court effective July 1, 2001, that complies with the requirement of the federal Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment…
    • § 326.7 Appointment of a guardian ad litem shall not be required for a minor who is a parent of the child who is the subject of the dependency petition, unless the…
    • § 327 Either the juvenile court in the county in which a minor resides or in the county where the minor is found or in the county in which the acts take place or the…
    • § 328 (a) If the social worker has cause to believe that there was or is within the county, or residing in the county, a person described in Section 300, the social…
    • § 328.1 (a) A county child welfare department investigating a case of child abuse or neglect involving an allegation against the parent or guardian of the child shall…
    • § 328.2 The State Department of Social Services shall update all regulations, all-county letters, and other instructions relating to the investigation of a minor who…
    • § 328.3 Whenever any officer refers or delivers a minor pursuant to Section 307.5, the agency to which the minor is referred shall immediately make such investigation…
    • § 329 (a) When a person applies to the social worker to commence proceedings in the juvenile court, the application shall be in the form of an affidavit alleging…
    • § 331 (a) If a person has applied to the social worker, pursuant to Section 329, to commence juvenile court proceedings and the social worker does not file a…
    • § 331.5 When any officer has referred or delivered a child to an agency pursuant to Section 307.5, and that agency does not initiate a service program for the child…
    • § 332 A petition to commence proceedings in the juvenile court to declare a child a dependent child of the court shall be verified and shall contain all of the…
    • § 333 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.
    • § 334 Upon the filing of the petition, the clerk of the juvenile court shall set the same for hearing within 30 days, except that in the case of a minor detained in…
    • § 338 In addition to the notice provided in Sections 290.1 and 290.2 the juvenile court may issue its citation directing any parent or guardian of the person…
    • § 339 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 court that the citation will probably…
    • § 340 (a) Whenever a petition has been filed in the juvenile court alleging that a minor comes within Section 300 and praying for a hearing on that petition, or…
    • § 340.5 (a) Whenever pursuant to Article 10 (commencing with Section 360) a social worker is assigned to provide child welfare services, family reunification services,…
    • § 341 Upon request of the social worker, district attorney, the child, or the child’s parent, guardian, or custodian, or on the court’s own motion, the court or the…
    • § 342 (a) In any case in which a minor has been found to be a person described by Section 300 and the petitioner alleges new facts or circumstances, other than those…
11. ARTICLE 9. Dependent Children—Hearings §§ 345–359 · 19 sections

    • § 345 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…
    • § 346 Unless requested by a parent or guardian and consented to or requested by the minor concerning whom the petition has been filed, the public shall not be…
    • § 347 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 court…
    • § 348 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 amendment of pleadings…
    • § 349 (a) A minor or nonminor dependent who is the subject of a juvenile court hearing, and any person entitled to notice of the hearing under Sections 290.1, 290.2,…
    • § 350 (a) (1) The judge of the juvenile court shall control all proceedings during the hearings with a view to the expeditious and effective ascertainment of the…
    • § 352 (a) (1) Upon request of counsel for the parent, guardian, minor, or petitioner, the court may continue any hearing under this chapter beyond the time limit…
    • § 353 At the beginning of the hearing on a petition filed pursuant to Article 8 (commencing with Section 325) of this chapter, the judge or clerk shall first read…
    • § 353.1 (a) At the hearing on a petition filed pursuant to Article 8 (commencing with Section 325) of this chapter, any person adjudged a dependent child of the…
    • § 354 Except where a minor is in custody, any hearing on a petition filed pursuant to Article 8 (commencing with Section 325) of this chapter may be continued by the…
    • § 355 (a) At the jurisdictional hearing, the court shall first consider only the question whether the minor is a person described by Section 300. Any legally…
    • § 355.1 (a) Where the court finds, based upon competent professional evidence, that an injury, injuries, or detrimental condition sustained by a minor is of a nature…
    • § 356 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 described by Section 300…
    • § 356.5 A child advocate appointed by the court to represent the interests of a dependent child in a proceeding under this chapter shall have the same duties and…
    • § 357 Whenever the court, before or during the hearing on the petition, is of the opinion that the minor is mentally ill or if the court is in doubt concerning the…
    • § 358 (a) After finding that a child is a person described in Section 300, the court shall hear evidence on the question of the proper disposition to be made of the…
    • § 358.1 Each social study or evaluation made by a social worker or child advocate appointed by the court, required to be received in evidence pursuant to Section 358,…
    • § 358.2 The court report prepared pursuant to Section 358.1 shall include a copy of each child and family team action plan, as required by subparagraph (B) of…
    • § 359 (a) Whenever a minor who appears to be a danger to himself or others as a result of the use of narcotics, as defined in Section 11019 of the Health and Safety…
12. ARTICLE 10. Dependent Children—Judgments and Orders §§ 360–371 · 59 sections

    • § 360 After receiving and considering the evidence on the proper disposition of the case, the juvenile court may enter judgment as follows: (a) (1) Notwithstanding…
    • § 361 (a) (1) In all cases in which a minor is adjudged a dependent child of the court on the ground that the minor is a person described by Section 300, the court…
    • § 361.1 (a) If a child is removed from the physical custody of a parent or guardian on the ground that the child may come within the jurisdiction of the juvenile court…
    • § 361.2 (a) If a court orders removal of a child pursuant to Section 361, the court shall first determine whether there is a parent of the child, with whom the child…
    • § 361.21 (a) The court shall not order or approve the placement of a child or nonminor dependent in an out-of-state residential facility, as defined in subdivision (b)…
    • § 361.22 (a) (1) For a placement made on or after October 1, 2021, each placement of a child or nonminor dependent in a short-term residential therapeutic program,…
    • § 361.23 (a) (1) Whenever voluntary admission into a psychiatric residential treatment facility is sought for a child or nonminor dependent who is subject to a petition…
    • § 361.3 (a) In any case in which a child is removed from the physical custody of their parents pursuant to Section 361, preferential consideration shall be given to a…
    • § 361.31 (a) If an Indian child is removed from the physical custody of their parents or Indian custodian pursuant to Section 361, the child’s placement shall comply…
    • § 361.4 (a) Prior to making the emergency placement of a child pursuant to subdivision (d) of Section 309 or Section 361.45, the county welfare department shall do all…
    • § 361.45 (a) Notwithstanding any other law, when the sudden unavailability of a foster caregiver requires a change in placement for a child who is under the…
    • § 361.49 (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), regardless of their age, a child shall be deemed to have entered foster care on the earlier of the date of the…
    • § 361.5 (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), or when the parent has voluntarily relinquished the child and the relinquishment has been filed with the State…
    • § 361.6 (a) Notwithstanding any other law, the court may order family reunification services to continue for a nonminor dependent, as defined in subdivision (v) of…
    • § 361.7 (a) Notwithstanding Section 361.5, a party seeking an involuntary foster care placement of, or termination of parental rights over, an Indian child shall…
    • § 361.8 (a) The Legislature declares that a child of a minor parent or nonminor dependent parent shall not be considered to be at risk of abuse or neglect solely on…
    • § 362 (a) If a child is adjudged a dependent child of the court on the ground that the child is a person described by Section 300, the court may make any and all…
    • § 362.04 (a) For purposes of this section: (1) “Caregiver” means any licensed certified foster parent, approved relative caregiver, or approved nonrelative extended…
    • § 362.05 (a) (1) Every child adjudged a dependent child of the juvenile court shall be entitled to participate in age-appropriate extracurricular, enrichment, and…
    • § 362.06 (a) As used in this section: (1) “Caregiver” has the same meaning as set forth in subdivision (a) of Section 362.04. (2) “Child” means a person who is under 18…
    • § 362.1 (a) In order to maintain ties between the parent or guardian and any siblings and the child, and to provide information relevant to deciding if, and when, to…
    • § 362.2 It is the intent of the Legislature that if a placement out-of-home is necessary pursuant to an individualized education program, that this placement be as…
    • § 362.3 In addition to the notice provided in Sections 297 and 332, the juvenile court may issue its citation directing any parent, guardian, or foster parent of the…
    • § 362.4 (a) If the juvenile court terminates its jurisdiction over a minor who has been adjudged a dependent child of the juvenile court prior to the minor’s…
    • § 362.5 (a) The clerk of the superior court shall open a separate court file for nonminor dependents under the dependency, delinquency, or transition jurisdiction of…
    • § 362.6 (a) When a hearing is requested pursuant to Section 1202.05 of the Penal Code, the sentencing court shall forward a copy of the request to the child protective…
    • § 362.7 When the home of a nonrelative extended family member is being considered for placement of a child, the home shall be evaluated, and approval of that home…
    • § 362.8 (a) At a review hearing where a parent or guardian’s participation in reunification or family maintenance services is considered by the court, including, but…
    • § 363 If the parent or person legally responsible for the care of any minor who is found to be a person described in Section 300 receives public assistance or care,…
    • § 364 (a) Every hearing in which an order is made placing a child under the supervision of the juvenile court pursuant to Section 300 and in which the child is not…
    • § 364.05 Notwithstanding Section 364, in a county of the first class, a copy of the report required pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 364 shall be provided to all…
    • § 365 The court may require the social worker or any other agency to render any periodic reports concerning children committed to its care, custody, and control…
    • § 366 (a) (1) The status of every dependent child in foster care shall be reviewed periodically as determined by the court but no less frequently than once every six…
    • § 366.05 Notwithstanding subdivision (c) of Section 366.21, in a county of the first class, any supplemental report filed in connection with a status review hearing…
    • § 366.1 Each supplemental report required to be filed pursuant to Section 366 shall include, but not be limited to, a factual discussion of each of the following…
    • § 366.2 The court report prepared pursuant to Section 366.1 shall include a copy of each child and family team action plan, as required by subparagraph (B) of…
    • § 366.21 (a) Every hearing conducted by the juvenile court reviewing the status of a dependent child shall be placed on the appearance calendar. The court shall advise…
    • § 366.215 With respect to a hearing held pursuant to subdivision (e) of Section 366.21, if the child in question was under three years of age on the date of the initial…
    • § 366.22 (a) (1) When a case has been continued pursuant to paragraph (1) or (2) of subdivision (g) of Section 366.21, the permanency review hearing shall occur within…
    • § 366.23 If a noncustodial parent is seeking placement or custody of a child, the social worker shall inform the caretaker that he or she has the right to provide the…
    • § 366.24 (a) (1) For purposes of this section, “tribal customary adoption” means adoption by and through the tribal custom, traditions, or law of an Indian child’s…
    • § 366.25 (a) (1) When a case has been continued pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 366.22, the subsequent permanency review hearing shall occur within 24 months…
    • § 366.26 (a) This section applies to children who are adjudged dependent children of the juvenile court pursuant to subdivision (d) of Section 360. The procedures…
    • § 366.27 (a) If a court, pursuant to paragraph (5) of subdivision (g) of Section 366.21, Section 366.22, Section 366.25, or Section 366.26, orders the placement of a…
    • § 366.28 (a) The Legislature finds and declares that delays caused by appeals from court orders designating the specific placement of a dependent child after parental…
    • § 366.29 (a) When a court, pursuant to Section 366.26, orders that a dependent child be placed for adoption, nothing in the adoption laws of this state shall be…
    • § 366.3 (a) (1) If a juvenile court orders a permanent plan of adoption, tribal customary adoption, adoption of a nonminor dependent pursuant to subdivision (f) of…
    • § 366.31 (a) If a review hearing is the last review hearing to be held before the child attains 18 years of age, the court shall ensure all of the following: (1) The…
    • § 366.32 (a) With respect to a nonminor dependent, as defined in subdivision (v) of Section 11400, who has a permanent plan of long-term foster care that was ordered…
    • § 366.35 (a) The implementation and operation of the amendments to subparagraph (B) of paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) of Section 366, subdivision (g) of Section…
    • § 366.4 (a) Any minor for whom a guardianship has been established resulting from the selection or implementation of a permanency plan pursuant to Section 366.26, or…
    • § 366.5 The dependency jurisdiction shall be suspended for a child whom the juvenile court declares to be a dual status child based on the joint assessment and…
    • § 367 (a) Whenever a person has been adjudged a dependent child of the juvenile court and has been committed or otherwise disposed of as provided in this chapter for…
    • § 368 In a case where the residence of a dependent child of the juvenile court is out of the state and in another state or foreign country, or in a case where that…
    • § 369 (a) (1) If a person is taken into temporary custody under Article 7 (commencing with Section 305) and is in need of medical, surgical, dental, or other…
    • § 369.5 (a) (1) If a child is adjudged a dependent child of the court under Section 300 and the child has been removed from the physical custody of the parent under…
    • § 369.6 (a) (1) The State Department of Social Services, in consultation with the State Department of Health Care Services, shall contract for child psychiatry…
    • § 370 The juvenile court may, in any case before it in which a petition has been filed as provided in Article 7 (commencing with Section 305), order that the social…
    • § 371 When the court has ordered a dependent child or a ward of the juvenile court placed for adoption or has appointed a relative or nonrelative legal guardian, the…
13. ARTICLE 11. Dependent Children—Transfer of Cases Between Counties §§ 375–381 · 7 sections

    • § 375 (a) Whenever a petition is filed in the juvenile court of a county other than the residence of the person named in the petition, or whenever, subsequent to the…
    • § 376 The expense of the transfer and all expenses in connection with the transfer and for the support and maintenance of such person shall be paid from the county…
    • § 377 Whenever a case is transferred as provided in Section 375, the order of transfer shall recite each and all of the findings, orders, or modification of orders…
    • § 378 Whenever an order of transfer from another county is filed with the clerk of any juvenile court, the clerk shall place the transfer order on the calendar of…
    • § 379 In any action under the provisions of this article in which the residence of a minor person is determined, both the county in which the court is situated and…
    • § 380 Any person adjudged to be a dependent child of the juvenile court may be permitted by order of the court to reside in a county other than the county of his or…
    • § 381 (a) If a case is dismissed by a state court because the child is already a ward of a tribal court or the tribe has exclusive jurisdiction over Indian child…
14. ARTICLE 12. Dependent Children—Modification of Juvenile Court Judgments and Orders §§ 385–391 · 8 sections

    • § 385 Any order made by the court in the case of any person subject to its jurisdiction may at any time be changed, modified, or set aside, as the judge deems meet…
    • § 386 No order changing, modifying, or setting aside a previous order of the juvenile court shall be made either in chambers, or otherwise, unless prior notice of…
    • § 387 (a) An order changing or modifying a previous order by removing a child from the physical custody of a parent, guardian, relative, or friend and directing…
    • § 388 (a) (1) Any parent or other person having an interest in a child who is a dependent child of the juvenile court or a nonminor dependent as defined in…
    • § 388.1 (a) A nonminor who has not attained 21 years of age may petition the court in which he or she was previously found to be a dependent or delinquent child of the…
    • § 389 (a) In any case in which a petition has been filed with a juvenile court to commence proceedings to adjudge a person a dependent child of the court, in any…
    • § 390 A judge of the juvenile court in which a petition was filed, at any time before the minor reaches the age of 21 years, may dismiss the petition or may set…
    • § 391 (a) (1) At the first regularly scheduled review hearing held pursuant to subdivision (d) of Section 366.3 after a dependent child has attained 16 years of age,…
15. ARTICLE 13. Dependent Children—Appeals § 395 · 1 section

    • § 395 (a) (1) A judgment in a proceeding under Section 300 may be appealed in the same manner as any final judgment, and any subsequent order may be appealed as an…
16. ARTICLE 13.5. Foster Care of Children §§ 396–452 · 11 sections

    • § 396 It is the policy of the Legislature that foster care should be a temporary method of care for the children of this state, that children have a right to a…
    • § 397 In order to carry out the policy stated in Section 396, each county welfare department or probation department shall report to the State Department of Social…
    • § 399 Any minor being considered for placement in a foster home shall have the right to make a brief statement to the court making a decision on placement. The court…
    • § 400 Any county may institute a program of advocates for pupils in foster care placement. A participating county shall be responsible for the nonfederal costs of…
    • § 401 The program shall utilize educational advocates to assist children in foster care through the educational system. To the extent possible, an advocate shall…
    • § 402 An advocate and a county participating in this program shall be held harmless by the state when acting in their official capacity except for acts or omissions…
    • § 403 An advocate shall not be assigned to assist any minor in foster care placement who has been appointed a surrogate parent.
    • § 404 Any school district that has a foster youth services program shall not be eligible to participate in the program authorized by this chapter.
    • § 450 (a) A minor or nonminor who satisfies all of the following criteria is within the transition jurisdiction of the juvenile court: (1) (A) The minor is a ward…
    • § 451 (a) At a hearing during which termination of jurisdiction over a ward is considered, the court may, as an alternative to termination of jurisdiction, modify…
    • § 452 (a) The court shall hold a hearing prior to terminating transition jurisdiction over a nonminor dependent. (b) At a hearing during which termination of…
17. ARTICLE 13.6. Serious Habitual Offenders §§ 500–506 · 7 sections

    • § 500 The Legislature hereby finds that a substantial and disproportionate amount of serious crime is committed by a relatively small number of chronic juvenile…
    • § 501 (a) There is hereby established in the Office of Criminal Justice Planning a program of financial assistance for law enforcement, district attorneys, probation…
    • § 502 (a) An individual shall be the subject of the efforts of programs established pursuant to this article who has been previously adjudged a ward pursuant to…
    • § 503 Programs funded under this article shall adopt and pursue the following policies: (a) Each participating law enforcement agency shall do all of the following:…
    • § 504 The judge of the juvenile court shall authorize the inspection of juvenile court records, probation and protective services records, district attorney records,…
    • § 505 Within three months of implementation of the program, all participating agencies in a county shall execute a written interagency agreement outlining their role…
    • § 506 Law enforcement agencies and district attorneys participating in programs funded pursuant to this article shall adopt procedures to require a check of juvenile…
18. ARTICLE 14. Wards—Jurisdiction §§ 601–608 · 21 sections

    • § 601 (a) Any minor between 12 years of age and 17 years of age, inclusive, who persistently or habitually refuses to obey the reasonable and proper orders or…
    • § 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 respond to directives of the…
    • § 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…
    • § 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 person having…
    • § 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…
    • § 602 (a) Except as provided in Section 707, any minor who is between 12 years of age and 17 years of age, inclusive, when he or she violates any law of this state…
    • § 602.05 (a) A minor adjudged to be a ward of the court pursuant to Section 601 or 602 who is subject to an order of probation pursuant to Section 727, with or without…
    • § 602.1 (a) In order to ensure the safety and well-being of minors who are under 12 years of age and whose behavior would otherwise bring them within the jurisdiction…
    • § 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 the…
    • § 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 under Section 602 because of…
    • § 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…
    • § 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 have…
    • § 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 brought that the…
    • § 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 case is before the…
    • § 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 criminal prosecution based…
    • § 607 (a) The court may retain jurisdiction over a person who is found to be a ward or dependent child of the juvenile court until the ward or dependent child…
    • § 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…
    • § 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 criteria:…
    • § 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 subject to an order for foster care…
    • § 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…
    • § 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, and the age of the person is at…
19. ARTICLE 15. Wards—Temporary Custody and Detention §§ 625–641 · 37 sections

    • § 625 A peace officer may, without a warrant, take into temporary custody a minor: (a) Who is under the age of 18 years when such officer has reasonable cause for…
    • § 625.1 Any minor who is taken into temporary custody pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 625, when the peace officer has reasonable cause for believing the minor…
    • § 625.2 (a) Before administering the chemical test pursuant to Section 625.1, the peace officer shall give the following admonition: “I am asking you to take a…
    • § 625.3 Notwithstanding Section 625, a minor who is 14 years of age or older and who is taken into custody by a peace officer for the personal use of a firearm in the…
    • § 625.4 (a) A law enforcement officer, employee of a law enforcement agency, or any agent thereof, shall not request that a voluntary DNA reference sample be collected…
    • § 625.5 (a) It is the intent of the Legislature in enacting this section to accomplish the following purposes: (1) To safeguard the fiscal integrity of cities and…
    • § 625.6 (a) Prior to a custodial interrogation, and before the waiver of any Miranda rights, a youth 17 years of age or younger shall consult with legal counsel in…
    • § 625.7 (a) During a custodial interrogation of a person 17 years of age or younger relating to the commission of a misdemeanor or felony, a law enforcement officer…
    • § 626 An officer who takes a minor into temporary custody under the provisions of Section 625 may do any of the following: (a) Release the minor. (b) Deliver or…
    • § 626.5 If an officer who takes a minor into temporary custody under the provisions of Section 625 determines that the minor should be brought to the attention of the…
    • § 626.6 Notwithstanding Section 626.5, any peace officer who takes a minor who is 14 years of age or older into temporary custody under Section 625.3 shall take the…
    • § 626.8 (a) Subdivisions (a) to (d), inclusive, paragraphs (1) and (2) of subdivision (e) and subdivision (g) of Section 859.5 of the Penal Code shall apply to any…
    • § 627 (a) When an officer takes a minor before a probation officer at a juvenile hall or to any other place of confinement pursuant to this article, the officer…
    • § 627.5 In any case where a minor is taken before a probation officer pursuant to the provisions of Section 626 and it is alleged that such minor is a person described…
    • § 628 (a) (1) Upon delivery to the probation officer of a minor who has been taken into temporary custody under the provisions of this article, the probation officer…
    • § 628.1 If the minor meets one or more of the criteria for detention under Section 628, but the probation officer believes that 24-hour secure detention is not…
    • § 628.2 (a) As used in this section, the following definitions shall apply: (1) “Minor” means a person under the jurisdiction of the juvenile court pursuant to Section…
    • § 629 (a) As a condition for the release of a minor pursuant to Section 628.1 and subject to Sections 631 and 632, the probation officer shall require the minor to…
    • § 629.1 Notwithstanding Section 628 or 628.1, whenever a minor who is 14 years of age or older is delivered to the custody of the probation officer pursuant to Section…
    • § 630 (a) If the probation officer determines that the minor shall be retained in custody, he or she shall immediately proceed in accordance with Article 16…
    • § 630.1 Upon reasonable notification by counsel representing the minor, his parents or guardian, the clerk of the court shall notify such counsel of the hearings in…
    • § 631 (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), whenever a minor is taken into custody by a peace officer or probation officer, except when the minor willfully…
    • § 631.1 When a minor willfully misrepresents himself to be 18 or more years of age when taken into custody by a peace officer or probation officer, and this…
    • § 632 (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), unless sooner released, a minor taken into custody under the provisions of this article shall, as soon as possible…
    • § 633 Upon his appearance before the court at the detention hearing, such minor and his parent or guardian, if present, shall first be informed of the reasons why…
    • § 634 When it appears to the court that the minor or his or her parent or guardian desires counsel but is unable to afford and cannot for that reason employ counsel,…
    • § 634.3 (a) Counsel appointed pursuant to Section 634 to represent youth in proceedings under Sections 601 and 602 shall do all of the following: (1) Provide…
    • § 634.6 Any counsel upon entering an appearance on behalf of a minor shall continue to represent that minor unless relieved by the court upon the substitution of other…
    • § 635 (a) The court will examine the minor, their parent, legal guardian, or other person having relevant knowledge, hear relevant evidence the minor, their parent,…
    • § 635.1 When the court finds a minor to be a person described by Section 602 and believes the minor may need specialized mental health treatment while the minor is…
    • § 636 (a) If it appears upon the hearing that the minor has violated an order of the juvenile court or has escaped from a commitment of the juvenile court or that it…
    • § 636.1 (a) When a minor is detained pursuant to Section 636 following a finding by the court that continuance in the home is contrary to the minor’s welfare and the…
    • § 636.2 The probation officer may operate and maintain nonsecure detention facilities, or may contract with public or private agencies offering such services, for…
    • § 637 When a hearing is held under the provisions of this article and no parent or guardian of such minor is present and no parent or guardian has had actual notice…
    • § 638 Upon motion of the minor or a parent or guardian of such minor, the court shall continue any hearing or rehearing held under the provisions of this article for…
    • § 639 Upon any hearing or rehearing under the provisions of this article, the court may order such minor or any parent or guardian of such minor who is present in…
    • § 641 Whenever any minor is taken into temporary custody under the provisions of this article in any county other than the county in which the minor is alleged to be…
20. ARTICLE 16. Wards—Commencement of Proceedings §§ 650–664 · 30 sections

    • § 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 the probation…
    • § 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 is found, or in which…
    • § 651.5 For purposes of this article, “community-based organization” means a public or private nonprofit organization of demonstrated effectiveness that is…
    • § 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 601…
    • § 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 shall…
    • § 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…
    • § 653.1 Notwithstanding Section 653, in the case of an affidavit alleging that the minor is a person described in Section 602, the probation officer shall cause the…
    • § 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…
    • § 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 the application, or…
    • § 654 (a) In any case in which a probation officer, after investigation of an application for a petition or any other investigation the probation officer is…
    • § 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 or 23152 of the…
    • § 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, without adjudging the…
    • § 654.3 (a) A minor shall not be eligible for the program of supervision set forth in Section 654 or 654.2 in the following cases, except where the interests of…
    • § 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 unlawful possession, use,…
    • § 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…
    • § 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…
    • § 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 program for…
    • § 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 of the following: (a)…
    • § 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 felony or a misdemeanor.
    • § 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…
    • § 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.
    • § 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 case of a…
    • § 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 be attached a…
    • § 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 the…
    • § 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 petition to be…
    • § 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 also…
    • § 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 of the…
    • § 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 court that the citation will probably…
    • § 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 code and praying…
    • § 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 parent,…
21. ARTICLE 17. Wards—Hearings §§ 675–714 · 37 sections

    • § 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 be heard at that…
    • § 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 a…
    • § 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)…
    • § 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 court…
    • § 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 amendment of pleadings…
    • § 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 658, is entitled to be…
    • § 679.5 (a) A juvenile justice proceeding may be conducted in whole or in part through the use of remote technology, subject to the provisions of this section. (b) As…
    • § 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…
    • § 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 a person within…
    • § 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 a petition that…
    • § 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 within…
    • § 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 shall first read…
    • § 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 to the…
    • § 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 inform…
    • § 700.3 If a petition filed in the juvenile court alleging that a minor comes within the provisions of Section 602 alleges that a minor has committed an offense that…
    • § 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 admission and…
    • § 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 minor be discharged from any…
    • § 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 described by Section 300,…
    • § 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…
    • § 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 minor has a privilege…
    • § 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 is in doubt…
    • § 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 disposition to be made of…
    • § 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…
    • § 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…
    • § 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 the minor was 16 years of age or…
    • § 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 apply: (1) The…
    • § 707.1 (a) If, pursuant to a transfer hearing, the minor’s case is transferred from juvenile court to a court of criminal jurisdiction, the district attorney or other…
    • § 707.2 Notwithstanding a finding made pursuant to paragraph (3) of subdivision (a) of Section 707 that a minor is not amenable to rehabilitation while under the…
    • § 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 such disposition to…
    • § 707.5 (a) In any case in which a person is transferred from juvenile court to a court of criminal jurisdiction pursuant to Section 707, upon conviction or entry of a…
    • § 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 defined in Division 10…
    • § 709 (a) (1) If the court has a doubt that a minor who is subject to any juvenile proceedings is competent, the court shall suspend all proceedings and proceed…
    • § 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 a resolution…
    • § 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 alleged to come within the…
    • § 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…
    • § 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…
    • § 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 minors…
22. ARTICLE 18. Wards—Judgments and Orders §§ 725–742 · 57 sections

    • § 725 After receiving and considering the evidence on the proper disposition of the case, the court may enter judgment as follows: (a) If the court has found that…
    • § 725.5 In determining the judgment and order to be made in any case in which the minor is found to be a person described in Section 602, the court shall consider, in…
    • § 726 (a) In all cases in which a minor is adjudged a ward or dependent child of the court, the court may limit the control to be exercised over the ward or…
    • § 726.4 (a) At the disposition hearing, in any case where the court orders the care, custody, and control of the minor to be under the supervision of the probation…
    • § 726.5 (a) At any time when (1) the minor is a ward of the juvenile court under Section 725, or the court terminates wardship while the minor remains under the age of…
    • § 727 (a) (1) If a minor or nonminor is adjudged a ward of the court on the ground that the minor or nonminor is a person described by Section 601 or 602, the court…
    • § 727.05 (a) Notwithstanding paragraph (4) of subdivision (a) of Section 727, the probation agency may make an emergency placement of a minor ordered into its care,…
    • § 727.1 (a) If the court orders the care, custody, and control of the minor to be under the supervision of the probation officer for foster care placement pursuant to…
    • § 727.12 (a) (1) For a placement made on and after October 1, 2021, each placement of the minor or nonminor dependent in a short-term residential therapeutic program,…
    • § 727.13 (a) (1) Whenever voluntary admission into a psychiatric residential treatment facility is sought for a minor or nonminor dependent who is subject to a petition…
    • § 727.2 The purpose of this section is to provide a means to monitor the safety and well-being of every minor in foster care who has been declared a ward of the…
    • § 727.25 (a) Notwithstanding any other law, the court may order family reunification services to continue for a nonminor dependent, as defined in subdivision (v) of…
    • § 727.3 The purpose of this section is to provide a means to monitor the safety and well-being of every minor in foster care who has been declared a ward of the…
    • § 727.31 (a) This section applies to all minors placed in out-of-home care pursuant to Section 727.2 or 727.3 and for whom the juvenile court orders a hearing to…
    • § 727.32 (a) In any case where a minor has been declared a ward of the juvenile court and has been in foster care for 15 of the most recent 22 months, the probation…
    • § 727.4 (a) (1) Notice of any hearing pursuant to Section 727, 727.2, or 727.3 shall be served by the probation officer to the minor, the minor’s parent or guardian,…
    • § 727.5 If a minor is found to be a person described in Section 601, the court may order the minor to perform community service, including, but not limited to,…
    • § 727.6 Where any minor has been adjudged a ward of the court for the commission of a “sexually violent offense,” as defined in Section 6600, and committed to the…
    • § 727.7 (a) If a minor is found to be a person described in Section 601 or 602 and the court finds that the minor is a first-time offender and orders that a parent or…
    • § 728 (a) The juvenile court may terminate or modify a guardianship of the person of a minor previously established under the Probate Code, or appoint a coguardian…
    • § 729 If a minor is found to be a person described in Section 602 by reason of the commission of a battery on school property as described in Penal Code Section…
    • § 729.1 (a) (1) If a minor is found to be a person described in Section 602 by reason of the commission of a crime which takes place on a public transit vehicle, and…
    • § 729.2 If a minor is found to be a person described in Section 601 or 602 and the court does not remove the minor from the physical custody of the parent or guardian,…
    • § 729.3 If a minor is found to be a person described in Section 601 or 602 and the court does not remove the minor from the physical custody of his or her parent or…
    • § 729.5 (a) If a petition alleges that a minor is a person described by Section 602 and the petition is sustained, the court, in addition to the notice required by any…
    • § 729.6 If a minor is found to be a person described in Section 602 by reason of the commission of an offense described in Section 241.2 or 243.2 of the Penal Code,…
    • § 729.7 At the request of the victim, the probation officer shall assist in mediating a service contract between the victim and the minor under which the amount of…
    • § 729.8 (a) If a minor is found to be a person described in Section 602 by reason of the unlawful possession, use, sale, or other furnishing of a controlled substance,…
    • § 729.9 If a minor is found to be a person described in Section 602 by reason of the commission of an offense involving the unlawful possession, use, sale, or other…
    • § 729.10 (a) Whenever, in any county specified in subdivision (b), a judge of a juvenile court or referee of a juvenile court finds a minor to be a person described in…
    • § 729.12 (a) It is the intent of the Legislature to authorize an Assessment, Orientation, and Volunteer Mentor Pilot Program in San Diego County. The pilot project will…
    • § 729.13 (a) The Department of the Youth Authority shall recognize, on an annual basis, exemplary Californians who do any of the following: (1) Voluntarily participate…
    • § 730 (a) (1) When a minor is adjudged a ward of the court on the ground that they are a person described by Section 602, the court may order any of the types of…
    • § 730.5 When a minor is adjudged a ward of the court on the ground that he or she is a person described in Section 602, in addition to any of the orders authorized by…
    • § 730.6 (a) (1) It is the intent of the Legislature that a victim of conduct for which a minor is found to be a person described in Section 602 who incurs an economic…
    • § 730.7 (a) In a case in which a minor is ordered to make restitution to the victim or victims, or the minor is ordered to pay fines and penalty assessments under any…
    • § 730.8 (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), the court shall require any minor who is ordered to pay restitution pursuant to Section 730.6, or to perform…
    • § 731 (a) If a minor is adjudged a ward of the court on the grounds that the minor is a person described by Section 602, the court may commit the ward to the…
    • § 731.1 (a) Notwithstanding any other law, the court committing a ward to the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, Division of Juvenile Facilities, upon the…
    • § 731.2 (a) The Department of the Youth Authority and Fresno County may enter into a partnership for the establishment and maintenance of a pilot program juvenile boot…
    • § 731.5 In addition to the provisions of Section 731, if a minor’s conduct constitutes a violation of Section 490.5 of the Penal Code, the court may require the minor…
    • § 732 Before a minor is conveyed to any state or county institution pursuant to this article, it shall be ascertained from the superintendent thereof that such…
    • § 733 A ward of the juvenile court who meets any condition described below shall not be committed to the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, Division of…
    • § 733.1 (a) Notwithstanding any other law, except as otherwise provided in this section, a ward of the juvenile court shall not be committed to the Department of…
    • § 734 No ward of the juvenile court shall be committed to the Youth Authority unless the judge of the court is fully satisfied that the mental and physical condition…
    • § 735 Accompanying the commitment papers, the court shall send to the Director of the Youth Authority a summary of all the facts in the possession of the court,…
    • § 736 (a) Except as provided in Section 733, the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, Division of Juvenile Facilities, shall accept a ward committed to it…
    • § 736.5 (a) It is the intent of the Legislature to close the Division of Juvenile Justice within the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, through shifting…
    • § 737 (a) Whenever a person has been adjudged a ward of the juvenile court and has been committed or otherwise disposed of as provided in this chapter for the care…
    • § 738 In a case where the residence of a minor placed on probation under the provisions of Section 725 or of a ward of the juvenile court is out of the state and in…
    • § 739 (a) Upon referral to the probation officer of a minor who has been taken into temporary custody under Section 625, the probation officer may authorize a…
    • § 739.5 (a) (1) If a minor who has been adjudged a ward of the court under Section 601 or 602 is removed from the physical custody of the parent under Section 726 and…
    • § 739.6 (a) (1) The State Department of Social Services, in consultation with the State Department of Health Care Services, shall contract for child psychiatry…
    • § 740 (a) Any minor adjudged to be a ward of the court on the basis that he or she is a person described in Section 602 and who is placed in a community care…
    • § 740.1 (a) Any minor adjudged to be a ward of the court on the basis that he or she is a person described in Section 602 of the Welfare and Institutions Code and who…
    • § 741 The juvenile court may, in any case before it in which a petition has been filed as provided in Article 16 (commencing with Section 650), order that the…
    • § 742 (a) Upon the request of an alleged victim of a crime, the probation officer shall, within 60 days of the final disposition of a case within which a petition…
23. ARTICLE 18.5. Graffiti Removal and Damage Recovery Program §§ 742.10–742.22 · 7 sections

    • § 742.10 It is the intent of the Legislature in enacting this article to accomplish the following purposes: (a) To assist public and private owners and possessors of…
    • § 742.12 (a) As used in this article, the term “graffiti or other inscribed material” includes any unauthorized inscription, word, figure, mark, or design that is…
    • § 742.14 (a) A city, county, or city and county may elect, by ordinance, to have the probation officer of the county recoup for it, through juvenile court proceedings…
    • § 742.16 (a) If a minor is found to be a person described in Section 602 of this code by reason of the commission of an act prohibited by Section 594, 594.3, 594.4,…
    • § 742.18 (a) If the petition alleges that the minor is the person described by Section 602 by reason of the commission of an act prohibited by Section 594, 594.3,…
    • § 742.20 Any moneys collected by the probation officer of the county pursuant to an order rendered pursuant to Section 742.16 shall be distributed by the county to the…
    • § 742.22 If any provision or clause of this article or the application thereof to any person or circumstances is held invalid, the invalidity shall not affect other…
24. ARTICLE 18.6. Repeat Offender Prevention Project §§ 743–749 · 7 sections

    • § 743 Contingent upon the appropriation of funds therefor, there is hereby established a three-year pilot project which shall be known as the “Repeat Offender…
    • § 744 (a) The Repeat Offender Prevention Project shall be administered by the Board of Corrections and each program shall be under the onsite administration of the…
    • § 745 The Board of Corrections shall establish goals and deadlines against which the success or failure of the program demonstration projects may be measured. The…
    • § 746 A minor shall be selected for participation in a program established pursuant to this article based upon the following factors: (a) The minor is 151/2 years of…
    • § 747 The Board of Corrections shall adopt written minimum standards for project implementation, operation, and evaluation which shall include a written commitment…
    • § 748 Each county or region shall, in implementing their respective programs, provide the following key intervention strategies to ensure the following: (a) Adequate…
    • § 749 (a) The Board of Corrections shall be responsible for monitoring demonstration project and expansion program implementations in accordance with an annual…
25. ARTICLE 18.7. Juvenile Crime Enforcement and Accountability Challenge Grant Program §§ 749.2–749.27 · 8 sections

    • § 749.2 This article shall be known and may be cited as the Juvenile Crime Enforcement and Accountability Challenge Grant Program.
    • § 749.21 The Juvenile Crime Enforcement and Accountability Challenge Grant Program shall be administered by the Board of Corrections for the purpose of reducing…
    • § 749.22 To be eligible for this grant, each county shall be required to establish a multiagency juvenile justice coordinating council that shall develop and implement…
    • § 749.23 The Board of Corrections shall award grants that provide funding for three years. Funding shall be used to supplement, rather than supplant, existing programs…
    • § 749.24 The Board of Corrections shall establish minimum standards, funding schedules, and procedures for awarding grants, which shall take into consideration, but not…
    • § 749.25 The Board of Corrections may award up to a total of two million dollars ($2,000,000) statewide, in individual grants not exceeding one hundred and fifty…
    • § 749.26 The Board of Corrections shall create an evaluation design for the Juvenile Crime Enforcement and Accountability Challenge Grant Program that will assess the…
    • § 749.27 Funding for the Juvenile Crime Enforcement and Accountability Challenge Grant Program for grant awards made before July 1, 1998, shall be provided from the…
26. ARTICLE 18.8. County Juvenile Correctional Facilities Act §§ 749.3–749.33 · 4 sections

    • § 749.3 This title shall be known and may be cited as the County Juvenile Correctional Facilities Act.
    • § 749.31 The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) While the County Correctional Capital Expenditure Bond Act of 1986 and the County Correctional…
    • § 749.32 As used in this article, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) “County juvenile facilities” means county juvenile halls or camps. (b) “Board”…
    • § 749.33 (a) Upon appropriation by the Legislature, moneys may be available to the board for the purpose of awarding grants on a competitive basis to counties for the…
27. ARTICLE 18.9. Juvenile Justice Community Reentry Challenge Grant Program §§ 749.5–749.95 · 6 sections

    • § 749.5 This article shall be known and may be cited as the Juvenile Justice Community Reentry Challenge Grant Program.
    • § 749.6 It is the intent of the Legislature to support the systematic and cultural transformation of the Division of Juvenile Justice into a rehabilitative model that…
    • § 749.7 (a) The Juvenile Justice Community Reentry Challenge Grant Program shall be administered by the Division of Juvenile Justice, in consultation with the…
    • § 749.8 (a) The Division of Juvenile Justice, in consultation with the Corrections Standards Authority, shall award grants that provide funding for three years on a…
    • § 749.9 The Division of Juvenile Justice, in consultation with the Corrections Standards Authority, the Chief Probation Officers of California, and experts in the…
    • § 749.95 (a) Each grant recipient shall be required to establish and track outcome measures, including, but not limited to: (1) Annual recidivism rates, including…
28. ARTICLE 19. Wards—Transfer of Cases Between Counties §§ 750–755 · 6 sections

    • § 750 Whenever a petition is filed in the juvenile court of a county other than the residence of the person named in the petition, or whenever, subsequent to the…
    • § 751 The expense of the transfer and all expenses in connection with the transfer and for the support and maintenance of such person shall be paid from the county…
    • § 752 Whenever a case is transferred as provided in Section 750, a certified copy of the file may be made and forwarded to the county where the person resides and…
    • § 753 Whenever an order of transfer from another county is filed with the clerk of any juvenile court, the clerk shall place the transfer order on the calendar of…
    • § 754 In any action under the provisions of this article in which the residence of a minor person is determined, both the county in which the court is situated and…
    • § 755 (a) A person placed on probation by the juvenile court or adjudged to be a ward of the juvenile court may be permitted by order of the court to reside in a…
29. ARTICLE 20. Wards—Modification of Juvenile Court Judgments and Orders §§ 775–788 · 19 sections

    • § 775 Any order made by the court in the case of any person subject to its jurisdiction may at any time be changed, modified, or set aside, as the judge deems meet…
    • § 776 No order changing, modifying, or setting aside a previous order of the juvenile court shall be made either in chambers, or otherwise, unless prior notice of…
    • § 777 An order changing or modifying a previous order by removing a minor from the physical custody of a parent, guardian, relative, or friend and directing…
    • § 778 (a) (1) Any parent or other person having an interest in a child who is a ward of the juvenile court or the child himself or herself through a properly…
    • § 779 The court committing a ward to the Youth Authority may thereafter change, modify, or set aside the order of commitment. Ten days’ notice of the hearing of the…
    • § 779.5 The court committing a ward to a secure youth treatment facility as provided in Section 875 may thereafter modify or set aside the order of commitment upon the…
    • § 780 If any person who has been committed to the Youth Authority appears to be an improper person to be received by or retained in any institution or facility under…
    • § 781 (a) (1) (A) If a petition has been filed with a juvenile court to commence proceedings to adjudge a person a ward of the court, if a person is cited to appear…
    • § 781.1 A superior court or probation department shall not charge an applicant a fee for filing a petition to seal records under Section 781.
    • § 781.2 (a) (1) On a monthly basis, the Department of Justice shall review state summary criminal history information and shall identify arrests that are eligible to… see note
    • § 781.5 (a) Notwithstanding Section 781, in any case where a minor has been cited to appear before a probation officer, has been taken before a probation officer…
    • § 782 (a) (1) A judge of the juvenile court in which a petition was filed or that has taken jurisdiction of a case pursuant to Section 750 may dismiss the petition,…
    • § 783 An adjudication that a minor violated any of the provisions enumerated in subdivision (d) of Section 13202.5 of the Vehicle Code shall be reported to the…
    • § 784 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, upon any adjudication that a minor violated any provision of law for which a report would be required under Section…
    • § 785 (a) Where a minor is a ward of the juvenile court, the wardship did not result in the minor’s commitment to the Youth Authority, and the minor is found not to…
    • § 786 (a) If a person who has been alleged or found to be a ward of the juvenile court satisfactorily completes (1) an informal program of supervision pursuant to…
    • § 786.5 (a) Notwithstanding any other law, the probation department shall seal the citation, arrest, and other records in its custody relating to a juvenile’s arrest…
    • § 787 (a) Notwithstanding any other law, a record sealed pursuant to Section 781, 786, 786.5, or 788 may be accessed by a law enforcement agency, probation…
    • § 788 (a) Notwithstanding Section 781, of this code or Section 1203.47 of the Penal Code, if a petition has been filed with a juvenile court to commence proceedings…
30. ARTICLE 20.5. Deferred Entry of Judgment §§ 790–795 · 6 sections

    • § 790 (a) Notwithstanding Section 654 or 654.2, or any other provision of law, this article shall apply whenever a case is before the juvenile court for a…
    • § 791 (a) The prosecuting attorney’s written notification to the minor shall also include all of the following: (1) A full description of the procedures for deferred…
    • § 792 The judge shall issue a citation directing any custodial parent, guardian, or foster parent of the minor to appear at the time and place set for the hearing,…
    • § 793 (a) If it appears to the prosecuting attorney, the court, or the probation department that the minor is not performing satisfactorily in the assigned program…
    • § 794 When a minor is permitted to participate in a deferred entry of judgment procedure, the judge shall impose, as a condition of probation, the requirement that…
    • § 795 The county probation officer or a person designated by the county probation officer shall serve in each county as the program administrator for juveniles…
31. ARTICLE 21. Wards—Appeals §§ 800–801 · 2 sections

    • § 800 (a) (1) A judgment in a proceeding under Section 601 or 602 may be appealed from, by the minor, in the same manner as any final judgment, and any subsequent…
    • § 801 (a) An order transferring a minor from the juvenile court to a court of criminal jurisdiction shall be subject to immediate appellate review if a notice of…
32. ARTICLE 22. Wards and Dependent Children—Records §§ 825–832 · 29 sections

    • § 825 The order and findings of the superior court in each case under the provisions of this chapter shall be entered in a suitable book or other form of written…
    • § 825.5 (a) The clerk of the superior court shall maintain court files and records concerning a minor dependent parent or a nonminor dependent parent of a child who is…
    • § 826 (a) After five years from the date on which the jurisdiction of the juvenile court over a minor is terminated, the probation officer may destroy all records…
    • § 826.5 (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 826, at any time before a person reaches the age when his or her records are required to be destroyed, the judge…
    • § 826.6 (a) Any minor who is the subject of a petition that has been filed in juvenile court to adjudge the minor a dependent child or a ward of the court shall be…
    • § 826.7 Juvenile case files that pertain to a child who died as the result of abuse or neglect shall be released by the custodian of records of the county welfare…
    • § 826.8 Notwithstanding Section 827 and in order to assist with establishing eligibility for programs or services, the State Department of Social Services may provide…
    • § 826.9 (a) Notwithstanding Section 827 and in order to support a person who is or was previously adjudged a dependent or ward of the juvenile court, placed in foster…
    • § 827 (a) (1) Except as provided in Section 828, a case file may be inspected only by the following: (A) Court personnel. (B) The district attorney, a city attorney,…
    • § 827.1 (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a city, county, or city and county may establish a computerized data base system within that city, county, or…
    • § 827.10 (a) Notwithstanding Section 827, the child welfare agency is authorized to permit its files and records relating to a minor, who is the subject of either a…
    • § 827.11 (a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (1) It is the intent of the Legislature to ensure quality care for children and youth who are…
    • § 827.12 (a) (1) Records contained in a juvenile delinquency case file may be accessed by a law enforcement agency, probation department, court, the Department of…
    • § 827.14 Notwithstanding Section 827, a county welfare or probation department may disseminate information from the juvenile case file to the National Center for…
    • § 827.15 (a) Notwithstanding Section 827, whenever the juvenile court of a county has made a determination pursuant to subdivision (a), (b), or (f) of Section 305.5…
    • § 827.2 (a) Notwithstanding Section 827 or any other provision of law, written notice that a minor has been found by a court of competent jurisdiction to have…
    • § 827.5 Notwithstanding any other provision of law except Sections 389 and 781 of this code and Section 1203.45 of the Penal Code, a law enforcement agency may…
    • § 827.6 A law enforcement agency may release the name, description, and the alleged offense of any minor alleged to have committed a violent offense, as defined in…
    • § 827.7 (a) Notwithstanding Section 827 or any other provision of law, written notice that a minor has been found by a court of competent jurisdiction to have…
    • § 827.9 (a) It is the intent of the Legislature to reaffirm its belief that records or information gathered by law enforcement agencies relating to the taking of a…
    • § 827.95 (a) (1) Notwithstanding Section 827.9, a law enforcement agency in this state shall not release a copy of a juvenile police record if the subject of the…
    • § 828 (a) (1) Except as provided in Sections 389, 781, 786, 827.9, and 827.95 of this code or Section 1203.45 of the Penal Code, any information gathered by a law…
    • § 828.1 (a) While the Legislature reaffirms its belief that juvenile criminal records, in general, should be confidential, it is the intent of the Legislature in…
    • § 828.3 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, information relating to the taking of a minor into custody on the basis that he or she has committed a crime…
    • § 829 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Board of Prison Terms, in order to evaluate the suitability for release of a person before the board, shall be…
    • § 830 (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, members of a multidisciplinary personnel team engaged in the prevention, identification, management, or…
    • § 830.1 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, members of a juvenile justice multidisciplinary team engaged in the prevention, identification, and control of…
    • § 831 (a) It is the intent of the Legislature in enacting this section to clarify that juvenile court records should remain confidential regardless of the juvenile’s…
    • § 832 (a) (1) To promote more effective communication needed for the development of a plan to address the needs of the child or youth and family, a person designated…
33. ARTICLE 22.5. Home Supervision §§ 840–842 · 3 sections

    • § 840 There shall be in each county probation department a program of home supervision to which minors described by Section 628.1 shall be referred. Home supervision…
    • § 841 The duties of a deputy probation officer, or a probation aide, a community worker or a volunteer under the supervision of a deputy probation officer, assigned…
    • § 842 A probation volunteer is a person who donates personal services to the probation department and probationers without compensation. A probation aide or a…
34. ARTICLE 23. Wards and Dependent Children—Juvenile Halls §§ 850–873 · 16 sections

    • § 850 The board of supervisors in every county shall provide and maintain, at the expense of the county, in a location approved by the judge of the juvenile court or…
    • § 851 Except as provided in Section 207.1, the juvenile hall shall not be in, or connected with, any jail or prison, and shall not be deemed to be, nor be treated…
    • § 851.1 (a) (1) Minors detained in or committed to a juvenile hall shall be provided with access to computer technology and the Internet for the purposes of education.…
    • § 852 The juvenile hall shall be under the management and control of the probation officer.
    • § 853 The board of supervisors shall provide for a suitable superintendent to have charge of the juvenile hall, and for such other employees as may be needed for its…
    • § 854 The superintendent and other employees of the juvenile hall shall be appointed by the probation officer, pursuant to a civil service or merit system, and may…
    • § 855 The probation officer shall keep a classified list of expenses for the operation of the juvenile hall and shall file a duplicate copy with the county board of…
    • § 856 The board of supervisors may provide for the establishment of a public elementary school and of a public secondary school in connection with any juvenile hall,…
    • § 857 Whenever a minor is incarcerated in a juvenile hall or other county juvenile facility for a period of at least 30 consecutive days, the facility may inform the…
    • § 858 (a) It is the intent of the Legislature that juveniles with a high school diploma or California high school equivalency certificate who are detained in, or…
    • § 862 In addition to those juveniles specified in Section 850, the probation officer may receive and detain in the county juvenile hall any juvenile committed…
    • § 870 Two or more counties may, pursuant to Article 1 (commencing with Section 6500) of Chapter 5 of Division 7 of Title 1 of the Government Code, establish and…
    • § 871 (a) Any person under the custody of a probation officer or any peace officer in a county juvenile hall, or committed to a county juvenile ranch, camp, forestry…
    • § 871.5 (a) Except as authorized by law, or when authorized by the person in charge of any county juvenile hall, ranch, camp, or forestry camp, or by an officer of any…
    • § 872 Where there is no juvenile hall in the county of residence of minors, or when the juvenile hall becomes unfit or unsafe for detention of minors, the presiding…
    • § 873 (a) Upon approval of the board of supervisors of a county, the chief probation officer of the county may establish, maintain, and operate a store in connection…
35. ARTICLE 23.5. Secure Youth Treatment Facilities §§ 875–876 · 3 sections

    • § 875 (a) In addition to the types of treatment specified in Sections 727 and 730, commencing July 1, 2021, the court may order that a ward who is 14 years of age or…
    • § 875.5 (a) It is the intent of the Legislature to apply Article 6 (commencing with Section 1800) of Chapter 1 of Division 2.5, governing extended detention of persons…
    • § 876 (a) If a probation department determines that the discharge of a person confined in a secure youth treatment facility from the control of the court at the time…
36. ARTICLE 24. Wards and Dependent Children—Juvenile Homes, Ranches and Camps §§ 880–893 · 15 sections

    • § 880 In order to provide appropriate facilities for the housing of wards of the juvenile court in the counties of their residence or in adjacent counties so that…
    • § 881 The board of supervisors of any county may, by ordinance, establish juvenile ranches, camps, or forestry camps, within or without the county, to which persons…
    • § 881.5 (a) (1) If a county receives funds pursuant to Section 17602, the county reduces the capacity of its juvenile ranches, camps, or forestry camps below the…
    • § 883 The wards committed to ranches, camps, or forestry camps may be required to labor on the buildings and grounds thereof, on the making of forest roads for fire…
    • § 884 The board of supervisors may provide for the payment of wages and pay such wages from the treasury of such county to the wards for the work they do, the sums…
    • § 885 (a) The Board of State and Community Corrections shall adopt and prescribe the minimum standards of construction, operation, programs of education and…
    • § 886 Except as provided in Section 886.5, no juvenile home, ranch, camp, or forestry camp established pursuant to the provisions of this article shall receive or…
    • § 886.5 (a) A juvenile home, ranch, camp, or forestry camp may receive or contain a maximum of 125 children at any one time if the county has determined that there is…
    • § 888 Any county establishing a juvenile ranch or camp under the provisions of this article may, by mutual agreement, accept children committed to that ranch or camp…
    • § 889 The board of education shall provide for the administration and operation of public schools in any juvenile hall, day center, ranch, camp, regional youth…
    • § 889.1 (a) (1) Minors detained in or committed to a juvenile ranch, camp, or forestry camp shall be provided with access to computer technology and the Internet for…
    • § 889.2 (a) It is the intent of the Legislature that juveniles with a high school diploma or California high school equivalency certificate who are detained in, or…
    • § 891 (a) From any state moneys made available to it for that purpose, the Youth Authority shall share in the cost pursuant to this article of the construction of…
    • § 892 (a) From any state moneys made available to it for that purpose, the Youth Authority shall provide state assistance pursuant to this section to defray, in…
    • § 893 (a) The board of supervisors of any county with a population of five million or more may provide and maintain a school or schools at a juvenile ranch or camp…
37. ARTICLE 24.5. Regional Youth Educational Facilities §§ 894–898 · 5 sections

    • § 894 In order to provide a sentencing alternative for the juvenile courts, one or more pilot regional youth educational facilities shall be established as…
    • § 895 (a) From any state moneys made available to it for that purpose, the Youth Authority shall assist counties in the establishment of pilot regional youth…
    • § 896 (a) The Board of State and Community Corrections shall establish minimum performance standards for programs of education and training and for qualifications of…
    • § 897 The capacity of each regional youth educational facility shall be established pursuant to Sections 886 and 886.5.
    • § 898 The participating counties shall appoint a citizens advisory committee with a membership drawn from law enforcement, judiciary, probation, education,…
38. ARTICLE 25. Support of Wards and Dependent Children §§ 900–914 · 20 sections

    • § 900 (a) If it is necessary that provision be made for the expense of support and maintenance of a dependent child of the juvenile court or of a minor person…
    • § 901 No order for payment shall be made in a sum in excess of the actual cost of supporting and maintaining the ward, dependent child or other minor person.
    • § 902 (a) If it is found that the maximum amount established by the board of supervisors of the county is insufficient to pay the whole expense of support and…
    • § 903 (a) The father, mother, spouse, or other person liable for the support of a minor, the estate of that person, and the estate of the minor, shall be liable for…
    • § 903.1 (a) (1) (A) The father, mother, spouse, or other person liable for the support of a minor, the estate of that person, and the estate of the minor, shall be…
    • § 903.2 (a) The juvenile court may require that the father, mother, spouse, or other person liable for the support of a minor, the estate of that person, and the…
    • § 903.25 (a) In addition to the liability established by any other law, a parent or guardian of a minor who has been delivered to the custody of the probation…
    • § 903.4 (a) (1) The Legislature finds that even though Section 903 establishes parental liability for the cost of the care, support, and maintenance of a child in a…
    • § 903.41 (a) It is the intention of the Legislature that the family law departments and juvenile departments of each superior court coordinate determinations of…
    • § 903.45 (a) The board of supervisors may designate a county financial evaluation officer pursuant to Section 27750 of the Government Code to make financial evaluations…
    • § 903.47 (a) The Judicial Council shall establish a program to collect reimbursements from the person liable for the costs of counsel appointed to represent parents or…
    • § 903.5 (a) In addition to the requirements of Section 903.4, and notwithstanding any other law, the parent or other person legally liable for the support of a minor,…
    • § 903.6 Funds collected pursuant to Sections 903, 903.4, and 903.5 shall be distributed in the following manner: (a) If the program through which the minor is placed…
    • § 903.7 (a) There is in the State Treasury the Foster Children and Parent Training Fund. The moneys contained in the fund shall be used exclusively for the purposes… see note
    • § 903.8 (a) Beginning January 1, 1994, the State Department of Social Services shall develop and implement an enhanced statewide basic foster parent training program.…
    • § 904 (a) The monthly or daily charge, not to exceed cost, for care, support, and maintenance of minor persons placed or detained in or committed to any institution…
    • § 911 No order for payment from the county treasury of the expense of support and maintenance of a ward or dependent child of the juvenile court shall be effective…
    • § 912 (a) A county from which a person is committed to the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, Division of Juvenile Facilities, shall pay to the state an…
    • § 913 When any person has been adjudged to be a ward or dependent child of the juvenile court, and the court has made an order committing such person to the care of…
    • § 914 As used in this article, “expense for support and maintenance” includes the reasonable value of any medical services furnished to the ward or dependent child…
39. ARTICLE 26. Work Furloughs §§ 925–930 · 6 sections

    • § 925 The provisions of this article shall be operative in any county in which the board of supervisors by ordinance finds, on the basis of employment conditions,…
    • § 926 When a minor is adjudged a ward of the juvenile court and committed to a county juvenile home, ranch, camp, or forestry camp, the juvenile work furlough…
    • § 927 (a) If the juvenile work furlough administrator so directs that the minor be permitted to continue in his or her regular employment, the administrator shall…
    • § 928 Whenever the minor is not employed and between the hours or periods of employment, he shall be confined in a juvenile detention facility unless the court or…
    • § 929 The earnings of the minor shall be collected by the juvenile work furlough administrator, and it shall be the duty of the minor’s employer to transmit such…
    • § 930 In the event the minor violates the conditions laid down for his conduct, custody, or employment, the juvenile work furlough administrator may order…
40. ARTICLE 27. 24-Hour Schools §§ 940–945 · 6 sections

    • § 940 The board of supervisors in every county may provide and maintain, at the expense of the county, in a location approved by the judge of the juvenile court, or…
    • § 941 The 24-hour school or a nonresidential boot camp school program shall be under the management and control of the probation officer.
    • § 942 The board of supervisors shall provide for a suitable superintendent to have charge of the 24-hour school, and for such other employees as may be needed for…
    • § 943 The superintendent and other employees of the 24-hour school shall be appointed by the probation officer, pursuant to a civil service or merit system, and may…
    • § 944 The probation officer shall keep a classified list of expenses for the operation of the 24-hour school and shall file a duplicate copy with the county board of…
    • § 945 A 24-hour school shall be considered a children’s institution for licensing purposes and shall be licensed by the department of social welfare of the county in…
41. ARTICLE 28. Adjustment Schools §§ 960–987 · 28 sections

    • § 960 This article shall be construed in conformity with the intent as well as the expressed provisions thereof, and the governing board of any adjustment school may…
    • § 961 The terms and provisions of Article 25 (commencing with Section 900) of Chapter 2 of Part 1 of Division 2 and Section 579 shall, so far as applicable, govern…
    • § 962 The boards of supervisors or other governing bodies of counties and cities and counties may organize, establish, equip, and maintain, including the purchase of…
    • § 963 The boards of supervisors of two or more counties may by regularly adopted resolutions or ordinances duly entered on the minutes or proceedings of their…
    • § 964 If adjustment schools are organized by only one county or city and county, the government and management shall be vested in a governing board which shall be…
    • § 965 If the adjustment schools are organized by the joint action of two or more counties, the boards of supervisors of the counties may by concerted action by duly…
    • § 966 If a board of trustees is chosen to govern and manage the adjustment school the term of office of the trustees shall be six years, except that of the seven…
    • § 967 The governing board shall make all needful rules and regulations for the transaction of business and for the management and government of the adjustment school…
    • § 968 The governing board shall make all contracts for the organization, establishment, including the purchase of a suitable site and the construction of suitable…
    • § 969 No member of the governing board, nor officer, nor employee of any adjustment school shall be interested, personally, directly, or indirectly, in any contract,…
    • § 970 The governing board of the adjustment school shall appoint a superintendent, not of its own number, who shall be a person qualified by training and experience…
    • § 971 The governing board shall determine the number, title, duties, and terms of office of all other officers and employees and shall fix their salaries, and that…
    • § 972 The superintendent of the adjustment school shall, before entering upon the discharge of his or her duties, make and file with the governing board an oath that…
    • § 973 The superintendent, after making and filing the bond, shall, subject to the direction of the governing board, be invested with the custody of the lands,…
    • § 974 The superintendent shall also, subject to the direction of the governing board, appoint all officers and employees of the adjustment school, who shall hold…
    • § 975 The superintendent shall reside in the adjustment school or one of the adjustment schools under his or her jurisdiction and shall be furnished suitable…
    • § 976 The adjustment school shall receive into its care, custody, and control all boys and girls under 18 years of age who are committed to it by order of the…
    • § 977 Any minor who has been committed to the care, custody, and control of any adjustment school shall remain in the school for the duration of the period provided…
    • § 978 The juvenile court shall review the order of commitment at least once each year, and upon review the court may continue, terminate, or modify the order of…
    • § 979 If at any time in the opinion of the superintendent of the adjustment school the further detention of the minor is detrimental to the interests of the school,…
    • § 980 The governing board of any adjustment school shall cause the school to be conducted as may seem best calculated to carry out the intentions of this article.
    • § 981 There shall be organized a course of study, corresponding as far as practicable with the course of study in the public schools of the state.
    • § 982 There shall be provided in the adjustment school the proper facilities and equipment for vocational and trade training, in addition to other public school…
    • § 983 Any order of the juvenile court committing a minor to the care, custody, and control of an adjustment school may provide the expense of his or her support and…
    • § 984 If the adjustment school is organized, established, equipped, and maintained by only one county or city and county, the entire expense of the school shall be…
    • § 985 If an adjustment school is organized, established, equipped, and maintained by two or more counties, the initial expense of organizing, establishing, and…
    • § 986 The annual expense of maintaining the school by two or more counties, shall be apportioned between the counties on a pro rata basis in the ratio that the…
    • § 987 The governing board shall require any officer entrusted with money belonging to an adjustment school or to any of the minors entrusted to its care, or any…