An order adjudging a minor to be a ward of the juvenile court shall not be deemed a conviction of a crime for any purpose, nor shall a proceeding in the juvenile court be deemed a criminal proceeding.
Cal. Welf. & Inst. Code § 203
General Provisions
Known as the Arnold-Kennick Juvenile Court Law
The act spans §§ 200–987 (682 sections).
Applied in 45 court decisions — leading case 53 Cal. 3d 618 - People v. Cox (1991)
Most recently applied in 6 Cal. 5th 118 - People v. C.B. (In Re C.B.) (August 2018)
Added by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1068.
How often courts cite this section
Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
Official source: California Legislative Information. Reproduced from public-domain California statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.