In Re Denise C.

This is an appeal from an order committing a minor to the California Youth Authority after she was found to be a person described by section 602 of the Welfare and Institutions Code. The minor claims the lower court was without jurisdiction to find she was a person described by that section.

On August 20, 1973, the juvenile court approved findings of a referee to the effect that the minor continued to be a person described by section 601 and her welfare required her removal from parental custody. After adopting these findings the court made the following orders:

The minor and her mother had been given notice of the referee’s hearing, the court’s findings and order of the referee, and the court’s order of removal.

On November 27, 1973, a supplemental petition was filed under sections 602 and 777 and amended on December 24, 1973. It alleged that the minor was presently under the jurisdiction of the court pursuant to section 601, and that “the previous orders of this court have not been effective in the rehabilitation/protection” of the minor. The petition specifically alleged that the minor, on October 5, 1973, willfully and unlawfully violated the juvenile court order…