Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC
DIVISION 2. CHILDREN [100 - 1500]
( Division 2 enacted by Stats. 1937, Ch. 369. ) PART 1. DELINQUENTS AND WARDS OF THE JUVENILE COURT [100 - 1459]
( Part 1 enacted by Stats. 1937, Ch. 369. ) CHAPTER 2. Juvenile Court Law [200 - 987]
( Chapter 2 repealed and added by Stats. 1961, Ch. 1616. ) ARTICLE 17. Wards—Hearings [675 - 714]
( Heading of Article 17 renumbered from Article 8 by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1068. ) 675.
(a) All cases under the provisions of this chapter shall be heard at a special or separate session of the court, and no other matter shall be heard at that session. Except as provided in subdivision (b), no person on trial, awaiting trial, or under accusation of crime, other than a parent, guardian, or relative of the minor, shall be permitted to be present at any such session, except as a witness.
(b) Hearings for two or more minors may be heard upon the same rules of joinder, consolidation, and severance as apply to trials in a court of criminal
jurisdiction.
(Amended by Stats. 1983, Ch. 390, Sec. 1.)