Welf. & Inst. Code, § 706 · Article 17. Wards—Hearings
Welf. & Inst. Code, § 706
Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
After finding that a minor is a person described in Section 601 or 602, the court shall hear evidence on the question of the proper disposition to be made of the minor. The court shall receive in evidence the social study of the minor made by the probation officer and any other relevant and material evidence that may be offered, including any written or oral statement offered by the victim, the parent or guardian of the victim if the victim is a minor, or if the victim has died or is incapacitated, the victim’s next of kin, as authorized by subdivision (b) of Section 656.2. In addition, if the probation officer has recommended that the minor be transferred to the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, Division of Juvenile Justice pursuant to an adjudication for an offense requiring him or her to register as a sex offender pursuant to Section 290.008 of the Penal Code, the SARATSO selected pursuant to subdivision (d) of Section 290.04 of the Penal Code shall be used to assess the minor, and the court shall receive that risk assessment score into evidence. In any judgment and order of disposition, the court shall state that the social study made by the probation officer has been read and that the social study and any statement has been considered by the court.
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History
Amended by Stats. 2009, Ch. 582, Sec. 6. (SB 325) Effective January 1, 2010.
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- Welf. & Inst. Code, § 625.1Printed as Section 706 or 777
- Welf. & Inst. Code, § 656.2Printed as Section 706 | Sections 702 and 706
- Welf. & Inst. Code, § 706.5Printed as Section 706
- Welf. & Inst. Code, § 707.5Printed as Sections 702, 706, 706.5, and 730
- Welf. & Inst. Code, § 713Printed as Section 706, 706.5, or 706.6
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