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Juvenile

Sep. 18, 2003

Court Must Check Child's Special Needs

LOS ANGELES - The Los Angeles juvenile court cannot send a young woman to California Youth Authority without exploring whether she has special-education needs, an appellate court ruled Tuesday.

        LOS ANGELES - The Los Angeles juvenile court cannot send a young woman to California Youth Authority without exploring whether she has special-education needs, an appellate court ruled Tuesday.
        Sue Burrell, a juvenile advocate for the Youth Law Center in San Francisco, said the published ruling was important.
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