Juveniles: detention.

Existing law makes a minor, under certain circumstances, subject to the jurisdiction of the juvenile court. If the minor has been abused or neglected, or if the minor has violated a law or ordinance, as specified, the juvenile court may adjudge the minor to be a dependent or a ward of the court, respectively. Existing law authorizes the court to order a person who has been adjudged a ward of the juvenile court to be detained in the detention home, or in the case of a ward who is 18 years of age or older, in a county jail or otherwise as the court deems fit until the execution of the order of commitment or of other disposition. In any case in which a minor is detained for more than 15 days pending the execution of the order of commitment or of any other disposition, existing law requires the court to periodically review the case to determine whether the delay is reasonable. This bill would make those provisions that mandate a periodic review applicable to nonminors. The bill would require these periodic reviews to be held at a hearing and would delete the limitation on the court's authority to order a ward to be detained in a detention home, or in the case of a ward who is 18 years of age or older, in a county jail, until the execution of the order of commitment or of other disposition. The bill would prohibit a court from determining that certain delays are reasonable, including, but not limited to, a delay caused by administrative processes. The bill would require the court to order the probation officer to assess the availability of any suitable temporary placement or other alternative to continued detention, and would authorize the court, after consulting with interested parties, including the family of the minor or nonminor, to order the minor or nonminor to be placed in a suitable and available temporary nonsecure placement. Existing law authorizes the court to make any reasonable orders for the care, supervision, custody, conduct, maintenance, and support of a minor or nonminor who is adjudged a ward of the court. Existing law requires the court in certain cases to order the care, custody, and control of the minor or nonminor to be under the supervision of a probation officer who may place the minor or nonminor in an approved home of a relative or nonrelative, suitable licensed home community care facility, or with a foster family agency. This bill would additionally allow for a minor to be placed in an approved home of a resource family, as defined. The bill would require a minor or nonminor to be released from juvenile detention upon an order being entered to place the minor or nonminor under the supervision of a probation officer, unless the court determines that a delay in the release from juvenile detention is reasonable.