Each superior court shall exercise the jurisdiction conferred by this chapter, and while sitting in the exercise of such jurisdiction, shall be known and referred to as the juvenile court. Appealable orders and judgments of the juvenile court are subject to the appellate jurisdiction of the court of appeal.
Cal. Welf. & Inst. Code § 245
The Juvenile Court
Known as the Arnold-Kennick Juvenile Court Law
The act spans §§ 200 to 987 (682 sections).
Applied in 9 court decisions — leading case 27 Cal. 4th 537 - Manduley v. Superior Court (2002)
Most recently applied in People v. Superior Court of Kings Cnty. (August 2019)
Amended by Stats. 1998, Ch. 931, Sec. 468
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.