CHILDREN AND THE LAW
...Dependency Petitions
......Detention of Minors
.........Time Limits
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Minor must be released within 48 hours after taken into custody, unless petition filed.

Detention hearing must take place within day after petition filed.

Jurisdictional hearing must be set within 15 days of detention order; otherwise, within 30 days.

CPS caseworker’s failure to file court petition within two days after taking emergency custody of neglected children did not violate noncustodial father’s federal constitutional rights.

Failure to file Welf. & Inst. Code §300 petition within 48 hours does not preclude holding of minor in custody after petition filed.