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Under Welfare and Institutions Code section 318.5, the court requests County Counsel to appear and participate in dependency proceedings on behalf of the Social Services Agency, without compelling representation where County Counsel declares a conflict or cannot act; the order does not expire absent further order.
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[File stamp: FILED, Superior Court of California, County of Orange, May 20, 2026, David H. Yamasaki, Clerk of the Court, By: R. Bracken, Deputy Clerk] SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF ORANGE SITTING AS THE JUVENILE COURT MISCELLANEOUS ORDER M-2026-2 TITLE: REPRESENTATION OF ORANGE COUNTY SOCIAL SERVICES AGENCY IN JUVENILE DEPENDENCY PROCEEDINGS TO: COUNTY COUNSEL, COUNTY OF ORANGE FOR GOOD CAUSE SHOWN THEREFOR, IT IS HEREBY REQUESTED that pursuant to Welfare and Institutions Code Section 318.5, the County Counsel of Orange County appear and participate in juvenile dependency proceedings to represent the Orange County Social Services Agency, where the Orange County Social Services Agency is the petitioner in said juvenile dependency proceedings. This Order is not intended to compel the County Counsel of Orange County to undertake any representation where the County Counsel declares a conflict or otherwise is unable to proceed as counsel for any party. Notwithstanding Local Rule 900.1.3, this Order will not expire absent further order of the Court. Dated this 20th day of May, 2026. Craig E. Arthur Presiding Judge of the Juvenile Court
[File stamp: FILED, Superior Court of California, County of Orange, May 20, 2026, David H. Yamasaki, Clerk of the Court, By: R. Bracken, Deputy Clerk] SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF ORANGE SITTING AS THE JUVENILE COURT MISCELLANEOUS ORDER M-2026-2 TITLE: REPRESENTATION OF ORANGE COUNTY SOCIAL SERVICES AGENCY IN JUVENILE DEPENDENCY PROCEEDINGS TO: COUNTY COUNSEL, COUNTY OF ORANGE FOR GOOD C
Reviewer note: Composed 2026-09-29 (California T3 Orange build 2026-09-29) from BenchPath custody ca/t3/ca-orange/docs/m-2026-2.pdf (238919 bytes, sha256 b10fc685b5db1457e1df77d96757c306d75f644241e96f985cab08284e887b7a; 1 page) - the court's own posted PDF, a scan: transcribed by eye from the rendered page images, every page read against the image; a local machine reading (RapidOCR) served only as a second reader for a word-level diff, every difference classified and checked on the page; every quotation mark, apostrophe and dash checked in full-resolution crops; file stamps, handwritten dates and pages not transcribed are recorded in bracketed notes; printed irregularities are kept as printed. Signed May 20, 2026 by Judge Craig E. Arthur as Presiding Judge of the Juvenile Court; the court's Juvenile Courtroom Information page (read 2026-09-29) lists Judge Katherine E. Lewis as Presiding Judge of the Juvenile Court.
9 verbatim requirements from 4th Circuit Administrative Order 1997-10.
6 verbatim requirements from 4th Circuit Administrative Order 1997-13.