Raul P. v. Superior Court

Opinion

WOODS, P. J.

This petition for mandate requires determination of the issue of whether a written social study report pursuant to Welfare and Institutions Code section 707, subdivision (c), is a jurisdictional prerequisite to a determination of unfitness.

We conclude that submission of such a report by the probation department and.its consideration by the juvenile court are mandated by case law, statute, and court rule, and that the determination of unfitness made in absence of such report is void.

*296The facts are not in dispute.

On October 6, 1983, a petition was filed with the respondent…