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 17 - Wards Hearings
Section 704.
(a) If the court has determined that a minor is a person described by Section 602, or if the court has determined that a minor is a person described by Section 601 and a supplemental petition for commitment of the minor to the Division of Juvenile Justice has been filed pursuant to Section 777, and the minor is otherwise eligible for commitment to the Division of Juvenile Justice, the court, if it concludes that a disposition of the case in the best interest of the minor requires such observation and diagnosis as can be made at a diagnostic and treatment center of the Division of Juvenile Justice, may continue the hearing and order that the minor be placed temporarily in such a center for a period not to exceed 90 days, with the further provision in such order that the Director of the Division of Juvenile Justice report to the court its diagnosis and recommendations concerning the minor within the 90-day period.
(b) The Director of the Division of Juvenile Justice shall, within the 90 days, cause the minor to be observed and examined and shall forward to the court the diagnosis and recommendation concerning the minor’s future care, supervision, and treatment.
(c) The Division of Juvenile Justice shall accept that person if there is in effect a contract made pursuant to Section 1752.1 and if it believes that the person can be materially benefited by such diagnostic and treatment services, and if the Director of the Division of Juvenile Justice certifies that staff and institutions are available. A person shall not be transported to any facility under the jurisdiction of the Division of Juvenile Justice until the director has notified the referring court of the place to which said person is to be transported and the time at which the person can be received.
(d) The probation officer of the county in which an order is made placing a minor in a diagnostic and treatment center pursuant to this section, or any other peace officer designated by the court, shall execute the order placing the minor in the center or returning the minor therefrom to the court. The expense of the probation officer or other peace officer incurred in executing the order is a charge upon the county in which the court is situated.
(e) This section shall become inoperative on July 1, 2021, and, as of January 1, 2022, is repealed.
(Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 18, Sec. 5. (SB 92) Effective May 14, 2021. Section inoperative July 1, 2021, by its own provisions. Repealed as of January 1, 2022, by its own provisions.)
