Juveniles.

Existing law authorizes the juvenile court to join in a juvenile court proceeding any governmental agency or private service provider that the court determines has failed to meet a legal obligation to provide services to a child who is the subject of a dependency proceeding, and to join any governmental agency the court determines has failed to meet a legal obligation to provide services to a minor who is the subject of a delinquency proceeding. This bill would authorize the court, at any time after a petition has been filed, to join in a juvenile court proceeding any governmental agency, private service provider, or individual, as specified, that the court determines has failed to meet a legal obligation to provide services to a child who is the subject of a dependency proceeding, a minor who is the subject of a delinquency proceeding, a nonminor person over whom the juvenile court has retained dependency or delinquency jurisdiction, or a nonminor dependent, as defined.