CHILDREN AND THE LAW
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Delinquency Matters
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Right to Counsel
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Indigent Minors
............Parental Reimbursement
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Parents having ability to do so can be made to pay for appointed attorney for minor in juvenile proceedings.
Assessment of registration fee to parents for M’s legal representation; county resolution required.
Appointment of counsel in 602 proceedings.
Welf. & Inst. Code §903.1 is constitutional.
Waiver cannot be accepted if given for purpose of avoiding operation of parental reimbursement provisions.
Parents cannot be ordered to pay minor’s legal expenses, if he turned 18 prior to expenses being incurred.