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| Purpose of the Chapter: to provide language for the protection and safety of the public and any minor under the jurisdiction of the juvenile court |
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| Adjudging a minor a ward of the court. This is not a form of conviction |
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| Children taken into custody as wards of the court under 300 WIC shall not be housed with 601 or 602 violaters |
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| No minor shall be detained in any jail, lockup, juvenile hall or other secure facility for 601 WIC violations only (incorrigible, truant, disobidient) |
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| No minor, while detained or sentenced in a facility housing adults, shall not be allowed to be within earshot, sight or reasonable communicating distance with detained/arrested adults. |
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| Any child falls under the jurisdiction of the juvenile court when the child has been physically harmed/endangered by a parent or guardian; or that same parent guardian has failed to provide basic needs; or has sexually/emotionally abused a child(proven with evidence), whether the direct victim or a sibling of the direct victim; or has caused the death of another child. |
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| Any peace officer may take a minor into temporary custody when a minor falls under 300WIC; needs medical care; is found in any public place in need of medical care; or if left unattended, would be endagered. |
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| Any social worker can take a minor into temporary custody under 300WIC |
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| Minor that is disobedient of reasonable and lawful orders from parents, guardians or custodians, or is habitually truant (status offenses), shall be adjudged a ward of the court. |
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| Minor that commits a state or federal crime, or a minor 14 or older that commits murder, aggravated assualts and sexual crimes shall be adjudged a ward of the court |
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| The juvenile court may maintain jurisdiction over a minor until he/she reaches the age of 21 for 602 WIC violations; will maintain jurisdiction until 25 years old if minor was committed to CDCR-JJD (former CYA). |
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| A minor taken into temporay custody must be advised of his/her Miranda rights, including the right to have a parent present. |
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| Any minor who is taken into temporary custody due to a 601/602 violation must be advised by the peace officer that taking a drug test is voluntary. |
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Upon delivery of a minor to a probation officer, the probation officer shall immediately investigate the circumstances of the detention and shall release the minor to his/her parent or guardian |
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For any minor, 16 or older, that has committed a 602 violation, the probation officer shall submit a report covering behavior and social history of the minor
(family status,school,extracurricular, friends, etc.) |
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