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...
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