ARTICLE 9. Dependent Children—Hearings
Article 9 added by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1068.
§§ 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…