In Re Maria A.

Defendant and appellant, Maria A.. appeals from an order of the juvenile court directing that she serve 60 days in the Kern County jail.

We state the facts briefly. Maria A. at an early age displayed a proclivity for running away from home. Various orders of the juvenile court apparently did little to curb this tendency, the various orders of the court being persistently violated. On August 15, 1974, Maria A., while a ward of the court, was released to her parents upon stipulated conditions, one of them being that she remain in her parents’ home. On September 3, 1974, Maria A. ran away from home. On December 27, 1974, she became 18 years of age.

On February 1, 1975, she was apprehended. At a referee’s hearing she was ordered to serve 60 days in the Kern County jail, wardship to continue. At a de novo hearing before the juvenile judge a similar result was obtained. Maria A. has long since served the 60 days in custody.

The Attorney General urged that the issue is moot because Maria A. has served the 60 days in the county jail, no stay order having been sought. The argument is without merit and the issue is fully decided in In re Dana J., 26 Cal.App.3d 768 at page 771 […