People v. D.B. (In re D.B.)

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233 Cal. Rptr. 3d 885·24 Cal. App. 5th 252
Court of Appeal of CaliforniaJune 6, 2018A149815California5,664 words

Opinion

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Schulman, J.

*886 *254 In this appeal, D.B. (Minor) challenges dispositional orders issued on May 2, 2016, and on September 7, 2016, continuing him as a ward of the court. Minor contends the juvenile court erred in the September 7, 2016 order by adding a new probation condition allowing searches of his electronic devices and requiring him to disclose all necessary passwords. Additionally, Minor contends the juvenile court erred by including in the written versions of both orders probation conditions that appeared to require his parents to reimburse the county for his legal fees, although the juvenile court judge did not include those conditions in orally pronouncing the dispositions. We agree that the electronics search condition was constitutionally overbroad and we, therefore, strike it. In the published portion of this opinion, we reject Minor's second challenge, because we do not interpret the May 2, 2016 dispositional order or the September 7, 2016 dispositional order as imposing a reimbursement obligation on Minor's parents. We also conclude that a 2017 statutory amendment precludes any future reimbursement order.

I. FACTUAL BACKGROUND 1

On May 5, 2015, Minor, then 15 years old, met…

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