Court Orders and Protocols

Court Orders and Protocols

Below you will find court orders and protocols authorized by the Presiding Judge of Juvenile Court and adopted by Juvenile Court as rules of practice.

To request a copy of any of the following Miscellaneous Orders, contact Rebecca Bracken, Executive Assistant to the Juvenile Court Presiding Judge at juvenilecourt@occourts.org . Please include the Miscellaneous Order number in your request.

Order          Title Date Signed
  Miscellaneous Order Table of Contents with Previous Numbering  
M-2026-1 Rescind Miscellaneous Orders 5/20/2026
M-2026-2 Representation of Orange County Social Services Agency in Juvenile Dependency Proceedings 5/20/2026
M-2026-3 Authorization for the Expenditure of Family Preservation Discretionary Funds 5/20/2026
M-2026-4 Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) 5/20/2026
M-2026-5 Authorization for Furloughs from Orange County Juvenile Institutions 5/20/2026
M-2026-6 Authorization for the Orange County Probation Department to Provide Notice to Victims for the Purpose of Collecting Restitution 5/20/2026
M-2026-7 Designation of Chief Probation Officer as the Juvenile Court's Representative for Review of Community School Referrals 5/20/2026
M-2026-8 Authorization and Order Permitting Medical Examinations, Treatments and for Release of School Attendance and Performance Evaluation 5/20/2026
M-2026-9 Authorization for the Release of Names and Locations of Minors Specified by Attorneys from the Public Defender's Office and Admittance into Juvenile Hall 5/20/2026
M-2026-10 Authorization and Order Permitting Medical/Nursing Assessments and Emergency Medical Services for Minors Taken Into Temporary Custody by Orange County Probation Department and Orange County Social Services Agency and Housed in Their Facilities 5/20/2026
M-2026-11 Transportation of Minors for Medical Treatment 5/20/2026
M-2026-12 Authorization for Orange County Social Services Agency and Probation Department to Exchange Information Pursuant to Welfare and Institutions Code Sections 272, 903.1, 903.2, 903.25, and 903.4 5/20/2026
M-2026-13 Authorization for the Sharing of Information Among the Orange County Social Services Agency - Children and Family Services, the Orange County Probation Department, the Orange County Community Resources Department - Orange County Development Board, the City of Santa of Santa Ana - Santa Ana Workforce Development Board, and the City of Anaheim - Anaheim Workforce Development Board 5/20/2026
M-2026-14 Authorization for the Sharing of Information Among the Orange County Social Services Agency - Children and Family Services, the Orange County Health Care Agency, the Orange County Department of Education, and the Orangewood Children's Foundation 5/20/2026
M-2026-15 Authorization for the Consortium for Children to Receive Information from the Orange County Social Services Agency for Purposes of Permanency Planning Mediation and Creating Family Connections 5/20/2026
M-2026-16 Order Authorizing Release of Information to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children 5/20/2026
M-2026-17 Authorization for Release of Information to the Federal Social Security Administration to Apply for Federal Financial Assistance 5/20/2026
M-2026-18 Authorization for the Exchange of Information Concerning Minors of Foreign Citizenship Between the Consulate of the Respective Government and the Orange County Probation Department 5/20/2026
M-2026-19 Authorization and Order Permitting the Orange County Social Services Agency to Provide Information Relating to the Supervision and Documentation of Child Welfare Referrals and Cases to the Orange County Office of Independent Review 5/20/2026
M-2026-20 Authorization for University of California, Irvine, Research Study on Commercial Sexually Exploited Children 5/20/2026
M-2026-21 Authorization for the University of California, Irvine, Research Study on Juvenile Recovery Court 5/20/2026
M-2026-22 Court-Appointed Counsel and SharePoint Access 5/20/2026

    Order # Title Date Signed
    A-100-1-2021 Procedure for Disclosure of Evidence Audit Records 04/21/2021
    19/01 Competency Protocol (Welfare and Institutions Code § 709) 12/24/2019
    12/007-904 Notice Of Rescission OF Amended Juvenile Court Administrative Order No. 12/007-904 Re: Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA). 12/07/2018
    11/004 Administrative Order re: Petitions and Motions for Sealing of Records (Welfare and Institutions Code § 781) 10/18/2011
    11/003-900 Assignment of Cases and Peremptory Challenges 12/03/2019
    11/002 After Hour and Holiday Emergency Medical Consent Requests, Probable Cause Declarations, and Dependency Warrants 11/22/2011
      Rescission of Juvenile Court Administrative Order No. 12/001 06/20/2024
    12/001 Authorization for Access to WEBDV 02/09/2012
    12/002 Juvenile Drug Court - Order and Protocol re Communications with Judicial Officers 02/29/2012
    12/006-902 730 Panel of Evaluators 03/23/2012
    12/008-905 Appointed Attorneys Representing Parties in Juvenile Court 03/23/2012
    12/003-903 Exchange of Information 07/05/2018
    12/009 Protective Custody Warrant Submission Cut-Off and Request for Night Service 06/07/2012
    A-100-2-2013 Juvenile Court Proceedings: Media and Public Access; Confidentiality; Photography/Audio/Video Recording 01/21/2014
      Adoption of Southern California Intercounty Transfer Protocol 08/25/2015
    A-300-1-2014 Re: Delinquency Compliance Review and Wardship Status Review Hearings 11/18/2014
    A-400-1-2014 Re: Criminal Identification and Information (CII) Report Font Size Reduction in Social Services Agency (SSA) Court Reports 11/18/2014
      Juvenile Court Administrative Order No. 11/010-903: Juvenile Court Hearings  
      Juvenile Court Administrative Order No. 11/009-906: Public Access and Media

    Invitation to Comment

    PLEASE Note:

    This section contains information about proposed new juvenile administrative order. The information is provided for the purpose of allowing the public to review the proposed order and to provide comment(s) about them. This step in the rule change process is required by rule 10.613(g), California Rules of Court.