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Child ✔✔Person under 18 years of age
Adjudication ✔✔Finding by the juvenile court that the facts alleged in the petition have been
proved ("conviction" in criminal court)
Adult ✔✔Person 18 or over, except if they are in the continuing jurisdiction of the juvenile court
Abused child ✔✔
Dependent child ✔✔A child who is homeless or without proper through no fault of the child's
parent, guardian, or custodian
Deprivation of custody ✔✔Transfer of legal custody by the court from a parent or the parents or
a previous legal custodian to another person, agency, or institution
, Formal referral ✔✔A written report from a peace officer or other person informing the court that
a minor is or appears to be within the court's jurisdiction and that a petition may be filed
Harm ✔✔a) physical or developmental injury or damage
b) emotional damage
c) sexual abuse
d) sexual exploitation
Incest ✔✔Engaging in sexual intercourse with a person whom the perpetrator knows to be the
perpetrator's ancestor descendant, brother, sister, aunt, uncle, niece, nephew, or first cousin (also
includes half-blood, adoption, step)
Legal custody ✔✔Relationship with:
-right to physical custody of the minor
-right/duty to protect, train, and discipline
-duty to provide food, clothing, shelter, education, ordinary medical care
-right to determine where and with whom the minor shall live
-right to authorize surgery or extraordinary care