CHILDREN AND THE LAW
...Delinquency Matters
......Right to Counsel
.........Indigent Minors
............Parental Reimbursement
6 Cards On This Topic:
  • 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.