California Welfare and Institutions Code

§ 700.3

WIC § 700.3 Effective Jan 1, 2023Div. 2 · Part 1 · Ch. 2 · Art. 17

Statute text

If a petition filed in the juvenile court alleging that a minor comes within the provisions of Section 602 alleges that a minor has committed an offense that would, in the case of an adult, be punishable alternatively as a felony or a misdemeanor, the court, subject to a hearing, at any stage of a proceeding under Section 602, may determine that the offense is a misdemeanor, in which event the case shall proceed as if the minor had been brought before the court on a misdemeanor petition.

Legislative history

Added by Stats. 2022, Ch. 197, Sec. 37. (SB 1493) Effective January 1, 2023.