California Court of Appeal

The juvenile court's order of contempt, which ordered the secure confinement of a contemptuous habitual juvenile truant, is annulled, where: 1) title 5 of part 3 of the Code of Civil Procedure, which governs civil contempt proceedings, applies in truancy cases; and 2) the juvenile court in this case did not comply with those statutory procedures.

Appellate Information

• Decided 09/30/2013
• Published 09/30/2013

Judges

• McGUINESS

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel