In Re Stein

PLUMMER, J.

On the seventeenth day of November, 1925, a petition was filed by Mattie M. Stein, one of the juvenile court officers of the county of San Joaquin, in the superior court of the county of San Joaquin, praying that the above-named minors be adjudged wards of the juvenile court of said county. The petition shows that the oldest of said minors was of the age of twelve years and the youngest of said minors of the age of five years. It is further set forth in the petition that the whereabouts of the father of said minors was unknown. That said minors had no parents exercising proper parental care and control, and that said minors were in need of the same. That said minors have been kept and maintained in a bunk-house unfit for such purposes. That the minors were residents within the county of San Joaquin. And that said minors should be dealt with according to the Juvenile Law of the state of California. A citation was thereupon issued, and in due time an answer to said petition was filed by the mother of said minors. The matter came on for hearing on the thirtieth day of November, 1925, and after the taking of the testimony, the further hearing of said matter was continued until the seventh day of December, 1925, upon which day the taking of testimony in said matter was concluded. At the conclusion of the taking of the testimony, the court found therefrom that Lena Epp was a minor of the age of twelve years; Yerna Epp, a minor of the age of ten years; Emma Epp, a minor of the age of eight years; Alfred Epp, a minor of the age of five years, and Walter Epp, a minor of the age of four years. That it further appeared to the satisfaction of the court that Alfred Epp was the father of said minors and Prances Epp the mother of said minors. That the whereabouts of the father of said minors was unknown, and that the mother of said minors was a resident of the county of San Joaquin. That it further appeared to the satisfaction of the court that said minors have no parent actually exercising proper parental

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control and care over them, and that such minors were in need of such control, and that the best interests of said minors would be subserved by their being adjudged wards of the juvenile court. Thereupon, the court ordered and adjudged said minors to be the wards of the juvenile court and placed them under the general supervision and control of the probation officer of the county of San Joaquin. It was further ordered that Frances Epp, the mother of said minors, pay to the probation officer of the county of San Joaquin, until the further order of the court, the sum of fifteen dollars per month for the maintenance of each of said wards.