No order of a referee removing a minor from his home shall become effective until expressly approved by a judge of the juvenile court.
Cal. Welf. & Inst. Code § 249
The Juvenile Court
Known as the Arnold-Kennick Juvenile Court Law
The act spans §§ 200–987 (682 sections).
Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case People v. David G. (1979)
Most recently applied in 73 Cal. App. 4th 1008 - Marcus G. v. Marcus G. (July 1999)
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.