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2020 California Code
Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC
DIVISION 2 - CHILDREN
PART 1 - DELINQUENTS AND WARDS OF THE JUVENILE COURT
CHAPTER 2 - Juvenile Court Law
ARTICLE 1.5 - Youth Bill of Rights
Section 224.70.

Universal Citation:
CA Welf & Inst Code § 224.70 (2020)
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224.70.  

For the purposes of this article:

(a) “Committed” means placed in a facility of the Division of Juvenile Facilities pursuant to a court order, independent of, or in connection with, other sentencing alternatives.

(b) “Detained” means held in secure confinement in a juvenile facility of the Division of Juvenile Facilities.

(c) “Extended family member” means any adult related to the youth by blood, adoption, or marriage, and any adult who has an established familial or mentoring relationship with the youth, including, but not limited to, godparents, clergy, teachers, neighbors, and family friends.

(d)  “Facility of the Division of Juvenile Facilities” means a place of confinement that is operated by, or contracted for, the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, for the purpose of the detention or commitment of youth who are taken into custody and alleged to be within the description of Section 601 or 602 or who are adjudged to be a ward of the court.

(e) “Youth” means any person detained in a facility of the Division of Juvenile Facilities.

(Added by Stats. 2007, Ch. 649, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2008.)

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