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When your child is accused of a crime, a probation officer will need to decide what is to be done with your child while he/she awaits trial. The probation officer may decide to let the child go home with you or if he/she will be locked up. Even if your child is allowed to return [...]

In Orange County, California, it is a general ruling that juvenile court proceedings are confidential and allows only limited access to juvenile records. The juvenile records are usually only available to some court personnel, parents and guardians of the child in question, the child himself the lawyers working the case. People of the media and [...]

There are three kinds of Juvenile court cases: Juvenile Dependency (Abuse and Neglect) cases is when there might be abuse of neglect happening in the home. The main purpose for juvenile court is to protect the children. Juvenile Status Offense cases are issues that deal with children who have done things that would not be criminal if [...]

After January 1st, 1976, a conviction of marijuana possession for personal use will be erased from your record after two years and you may not necessarily need to get a dismissal, this is under the California Health and Safety Code Sections 11361.5 and 11361.7. However, this does NOT include any convictions for the cultivation, selling or transporting [...]

A juvenile delinquency petition in Orange County asks the court to get involved and it states what your child is accused of doing. It is then up to the courts to find out whether or not he/she is guilty of the crime. There are 2 kinds of juvenile petitions: -601 Petition is a petition that [...]

Legal guardianship in Orange County is a court order that states that someone other than the child’s parents is legally responsible for him/her. This means that the guardian has a lot of the same responsibilities and rights as the child’s parents would have. They can therefore decide where the child lives and goes to school, [...]