ARTICLE 17. Wards—Hearings

Heading of Article 17 renumbered from Article 8 by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1068.

§§ 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…