If a parent violates the provisions of Section 270 of this code, the jurisdiction of such offense is in any competent court of either the jurisdictional territory in which the minor child is cared for or in which such parent is apprehended.
Cal. Penal Code § 777a
Of the Local Jurisdiction of Public Offenses
Added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 1674.
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