In re Matthew N.
Opinion
Opinion
Filed 5/16/13; pub & mod. order 6/7/13 (see end of opn.)
IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
THIRD APPELLATE DISTRICT
(San Joaquin) ----
In re MATTHEW N., a Person Coming Under C070892 the Juvenile Court Law. (Super. Ct. No. 68976)
THE PEOPLE,
Plaintiff and Respondent,
v.
MATTHEW N.,
Defendant and Appellant.
In November 2011, the minor Matthew N. (then 14, born Dec. 1996) admitted allegations that he came within the jurisdiction of the juvenile court because he had committed a lewd act in violation of Penal Code section 288, subdivision (a) between October 2010 and March 2011. (Welf. & Inst. Code, § 602.)1 The San Luis Obispo
1 Undesignated statutory references are to the Welfare and Institutions Code.
1 County juvenile court transferred the case to San Joaquin County (the residence of the minor’s mother) for disposition. (§ 750 [juvenile court may transfer case to county of residence after finding jurisdiction over delinquent]; In re Brandon H. (2002) 99 Cal.App.4th 1153, 1156 (Brandon H.).) In the dispositional order, the court declared the minor its ward, removing him from the custody of his parents and committing him to…