Person v. A.V.

Opinion

DONDERO, J.—

INTRODUCTION

This case presents a question of statutory interpretation: Whether, under Welfare and Institutions Code section 786, 1 a ward’s compliance with his or her probation can be satisfactory for dismissal purposes, and yet ////satisfactory for record-sealing purposes. We hold it cannot. The court has the discretion under section 786 to find the ward has or has not substantially complied with his probation so as to be deemed to have satisfactorily completed it; but if the court finds the ward in substantial compliance so that he or she has satisfactorily completed…