CHILDREN AND THE LAW
...Dependency Petitions
......Beyond Parental Control
.........Truancy
 8 Cards On This Topic:
  • Habitually disobedient or truant minors.
  • Failure to respond to directives of school attendance review board.
  • Request from district attorney to meet with parents of truant minor.
  • Jurisdiction over parent of truant minor.
  • Assessment of registration fee to parents for W&IC §601/§602 M’s legal representation; county resolution required.
  • Juvenile court must comply with CCP procedures governing civil contempt proceedings before ordering secure confinement of a contemptuous habitual truant.
  • GPS monitoring as a probation condition for a truant is authorized by statute and is constitutional.
  • In exercising its contempt power, juvenile court may order a juvenile confined in a secure facility during school hours as well as nonschool hours.


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