Description:

To implement Assembly Bill 1756 (Stats. 2023, ch. 478, § 62) and Senate Bill 1161 (Stats. 2024,
ch. 782, § 12), and to clarify the different legal standards for petitions seeking release of a
delinquency file or living child’s juvenile dependency case file under Welfare and Institutions
Code section 827(a)(1)(Q) and a deceased child’s juvenile dependency case file under section
827(a)(2), the Family and Juvenile Law Advisory Committee proposes adopting one rule of the
California Rules of Court, amending three rules of court, approving one form, adopting six
forms, and revising six forms.

Category: Family and Juvenile

Item Number: SPR25-17

Deadline: May 23, 2025

File: spr25-17.pdf