California Welfare and Institutions Code

§ 375

WIC § 375 Effective Jan 1, 2026Div. 2 · Part 1 · Ch. 2 · Art. 11

Statute text

(a)Whenever a petition is filed in the juvenile court of a county other than the residence of the person named in the petition, or whenever, subsequent to the filing of a petition in the juvenile court of the county where that minor resides, the residence of the person who would be legally entitled to the custody of the minor were it not for the existence of a court order issued pursuant to this chapter is changed to another county, the entire case may be transferred to the juvenile court of the county where that person then resides at any time after the court has made a finding of the facts upon which it has exercised its jurisdiction over the minor, and the juvenile court of the county where that person then resides shall take jurisdiction of the case upon the receipt and filing of the finding of the facts upon which the court exercised its jurisdiction and an order transferring the case.

(b)(1) (A) Whenever a minor under the dependency jurisdiction or transition jurisdiction of the juvenile court attains 18 years of age and remains under the court’s jurisdiction as a nonminor dependent, as defined in subdivision (v) of Section 11400, the residence of the nonminor dependent may be changed to another county if the court finds that the nonminor dependent meets either of the following conditions:

(i)The conditions set forth in subdivision (f) of Section 17.1.

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2025, Ch. 281, Sec. 3. (AB 890) Effective January 1, 2026.