Welf. & Inst. Code, § 659 · Article 16. Wards—Commencement of Proceedings
Welf. & Inst. Code, § 659
Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
The notice shall contain all of the following:
(a) The name and address of the person to whom the notice is directed.
(b) The date, time, and place of the hearing on the petition.
(c) The name of the minor upon whose behalf the petition has been brought.
(d) Each section and subdivision under which the proceeding has been instituted.
(e) A statement that the minor and his or her parent or guardian or adult relative, as the case may be, to whom notice is required to be given, are entitled to have an attorney present at the hearing on the petition, and that, if the parent or guardian or the adult relative is indigent and cannot afford an attorney, and the minor or his or her parent or guardian or the adult relative desires to be represented by an attorney, the parent or guardian or adult relative shall promptly notify the clerk of the juvenile court, and that in the event counsel or legal assistance is furnished by the court, the parent or guardian or adult relative shall be liable to the county, to the extent of his, her, or their financial ability, for all or a portion of the cost thereof, but he or shall not be liable for the cost of counsel or legal assistance furnished by the court for purposes of representing the minor.
(f) A statement that the parent or guardian of the minor may be liable for the payment of restitution, fines, or penalty assessments if the minor is ordered to make restitution to the victim or to pay fines or penalty assessments.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Amended by Stats. 2017, Ch. 678, Sec. 12. (SB 190) Effective January 1, 2018.
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