The Judicial Council shall establish rules governing practice and procedure in the juvenile court not inconsistent with law.
Cal. Welf. & Inst. Code § 265
The Juvenile Court
Known as the Arnold-Kennick Juvenile Court Law
The act spans §§ 200–987 (682 sections).
Applied in 5 court decisions — leading case 30 Cal. 3d 705 - People v. Wright (1982)
Most recently applied in Sacramento County Department of Health & Human Services v. Joseph A. (July 2016)
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.