In re Azhocar

Decided September 22, 1920

California Court of Appeal · decided 1920-09-22

<p>[1] Habeas Corpus—Discharge from Juvenile Court—Insufficient Petition for Commitment.—A ward of the juvenile court is entitled to her discharge on habeas corpus where the petition upon which the order of commitment was made was insufficient to confer jurisdiction.</p>

Cited by 2 later decisions — most recently September 1978

2 state decisions

Good law ✅— No negative treatment on recordhow we know

Granted · Decided 1920-09-22

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THE COURT.

¶1[1] It appears from the petition for the writ, as well as from the return thereto, that the minor, Esther Galvan Azhocar, is illegally restrained of her liberty. The petition filed in the juvenile court, upon which *353the order adjudging the minor to be a ward of that court was based, was insufficient to confer jurisdiction. It is ordered, therefore, that the minor be discharged.