ARTICLE 8. Dependent Children—Commencement of Proceedings
Article 8 added by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1068.
§§ 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…