{"data":{"id":"us-ca/wic-317.5","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"WIC § 317.5","heading":"","body":"(a) All parties who are represented by counsel at dependency proceedings shall be entitled to competent counsel.\n(b) Each minor who is the subject of a dependency proceeding is a party to that proceeding.","path":["Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC","DIVISION 2. CHILDREN [100. - 1500.]","PART 1. DELINQUENTS AND WARDS OF THE JUVENILE COURT [100. - 1459.]","CHAPTER 2. Juvenile Court Law [200. - 987.]","ARTICLE 7. Dependent Children—Temporary Custody and Detention [305. - 324.5.]"],"source_url":"https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zip","current_through":"2026-09-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T05:56:33Z","sha256":"02073def65457fa6e4865e42628cba1a7fbbf0a0ebb2fae401ebaf78931f39f0","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/wic-317","next":"us-ca/wic-317.6"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}