(a) All parties who are represented by counsel at dependency proceedings shall be entitled to competent counsel.
(b) Each minor who is the subject of a dependency proceeding is a party to that proceeding.
Cal. Welf. & Inst. Code § 317.5
Dependent Children—Temporary Custody and Detention
Known as the Arnold-Kennick Juvenile Court Law
The act spans §§ 200–987 (682 sections).
Applied in 8 court decisions — leading case Orange County Social Services Agency v. Herbert B. (1995)
Most recently applied in 200 Cal. App. 4th 908 - Karen P. v. Superior Court (November 2011)
Added by Stats. 1994, Ch. 1073, Sec. 1
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.