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Cal. Welf. & Inst. Code § 675
Current through 2025–2026 Regular Session (leginfo weekly dump, 2026-07-12)
Part of Article 17: Wards—Hearings, California Welfare and Institutions Code.
Full text of Cal. Welf. & Inst. Code § 675
Statutory text current through the 2025–2026 Regular Session (leginfo weekly dump, 2026-07-12). This publication reproduces the official statutory text; it is not the official statutes of the State of California.
(a) All cases under the provisions of this chapter shall be heard at a special or separate session of the court, and no other matter shall be heard at that session. Except as provided in subdivision (b), no person on trial, awaiting trial, or under accusation of crime, other than a parent, guardian, or relative of the minor, shall be permitted to be present at any such session, except as a witness. (b) Hearings for two or more minors may be heard upon the same rules of joinder, consolidation, and severance as apply to trials in a court of criminal jurisdiction.
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