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WELFARE AND INSTITUTIONS CODE

 

Dependent or Neglected

 

Section 300.  Any child who comes within any of the following descriptions is within the jurisdiction of the juvenile court which may adjudge that person to be a dependent child of the court:

   (a) The child has suffered, or there is a substantial risk that

the child will suffer, serious physical harm inflicted

non-accidentally upon the child by the child's parent or guardian.

   (b) The child has suffered, or there is a substantial risk that

the child will suffer, serious physical harm or illness, as a result

of the failure or inability of his or her parent or guardian to

adequately supervise or protect the child, or the willful or

negligent failure of the child's parent or guardian to adequately

supervise or protect the child from the conduct of the custodian with

whom the child has been left.

   (c) The child is suffering serious emotional damage, or is at

substantial risk of suffering serious emotional damage, evidenced by

severe anxiety, depression, withdrawal, or untoward aggressive

behavior toward self or others, as a result of the conduct of the

parent or guardian or who has no parent or guardian capable of

providing appropriate care.

   (d) The child has been sexually abused, or there is a substantial

risk that the child will be sexually abused.

   

Status Offenders

 

Section 601.  (a) Any person under the age of 18 years who persistently or habitually refuses to obey the reasonable and proper orders or

directions of his or her parents, guardian, or custodian, or who is

beyond the control of that person, or who is under the age of 18

years when he or she violated any ordinance of any city or county of

this state establishing a curfew based solely on age is within the

jurisdiction of the juvenile court which may adjudge the minor to be

a ward of the court.

   (b) If a minor has four or more truancies within one school year.

   

Delinquent Minor

 

Section 602.  (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), any person who is under the age of 18 years when he or she violates any law of this

state or of the United States or any ordinance of any city or county

of this state defining crime other than an ordinance establishing a

curfew based solely on age, is within the jurisdiction of the

juvenile court, which may adjudge such person to be a ward of the

court.

   (b) Any person who is alleged, when he or she was 14 years of age

or older, to have committed one of the following offenses shall be

prosecuted under the general law in a court of criminal jurisdiction (adult court):

   (1) Murder

   (2) Certain listed sex offenses

   (3) Rape