ARTICLE 18. Wards—Judgments and Orders

Heading of Article 18 renumbered from Article 9 by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1068.

§§ 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…