CALIFORNIA EVIDENCE: CIVIL AND CRIMINAL
...Hearsay Exceptions re Writings
......Social Studies Report-Juvenile
.........In General
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Social study, and hearsay evidence in it, admissible and competent evidence on which finding of jurisdiction may be based subject to hearsay objections and subpoenaed testimony.

Social study containing hearsay admissible at dependency hearing if study provided to all parties in reasonable time before hearing.

Social studies report admissible in juvenile dependency proceeding and alone sufficient to justify jurisdiction.

Social services reports competent evidence under implicit exception to hearsay rule created by W&IC §281.

Foundation for admission of social studies report made by properly designated official agent of appropriate training and authority.

In sustaining dependency petition, juvenile court may properly consider social report which contains hearsay.

Probation officer report and social studies which contain multiple hearsay are admissible in statutorily authorized juvenile hearings.