In re C.M. CA3

BACKGROUND

In June 2011, the district attorney filed a juvenile wardship petition (Welf. & Inst. Code, § 602)1 charging the minor with burglary (Pen. Code, § 459) and theft (Pen. Code, § 484, subd. (a)). The minor admitted a misdemeanor burglary and the juvenile court dismissed the theft charge. The juvenile court placed the minor on six months’ probation and released him to his father. The minor’s parents refused to pick him up and the minor was taken to the children’s receiving home on July 28, 2011. Approximately one month later, on August 24, 2011, the district attorney filed a petition alleging the minor had violated the conditions of probation (§ 777) by leaving the children’s receiving home on six occasions and possessing marijuana. On September 6, 2011, the district attorney filed a subsequent juvenile wardship petition alleging the minor had committed another burglary. The minor admitted the burglary allegation as a misdemeanor and the juvenile court dismissed the violation of probation. The minor was released to his parents with electronic monitoring, under the supervision of probation. Once again, the minor’s parents refused to pick the minor up from juvenile hall. The…