{"data":{"id":"us-ca/wic-325","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"WIC § 325","heading":"","body":"A proceeding in the juvenile court to declare a child to be a dependent child of the court is commenced by the filing with the court, by the social worker, of a petition, in conformity with the requirements of this article.","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 8. Dependent Children—Commencement of Proceedings [325. - 342.]"],"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":"5070fca5c1e615a3f58d443222777faf07ace1370b561ac0098c2d2e3c4e6953","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/wic-324.5","next":"us-ca/wic-326.5"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}