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Welfare and Institutions Code § 681.5

ARTICLE 17. Wards—Hearings

Current as of September 28, 2026Welf. & Inst. Code, § 681.5Official source ↗

Added by renumbering Section 618.5 by Stats. 2009, Ch. 140, Sec. 188. (AB 1164) Effective January 1, 2010.

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 alleges that a minor is a person within the description of Section 602, neither that prosecuting attorney nor any attorney from the office of that prosecuting attorney shall represent the minor in a juvenile court proceeding alleging that a minor is a person described in Section 300.