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IN RE RICHARD S.

Docket No. S016631.

54 Cal.3d 857 (1991)

819 P.2d 843

2 Cal. Rptr.2d 2

In re RICHARD S., a Person Coming Under the Juvenile Court Law. PEDRO R. SILVA, as Chief Probation Officer, etc., Plaintiff and Respondent, v. LORI S., Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of California.

December 2, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Dallas Sacher, under appointment by the Supreme Court, and Margaritay Lopez Orozco, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant.

Steven M. Woodside, County Counsel, Vanessa Zecher Cain and Diane L. Bennett, Deputy County Counsel, for Plaintiff and Respondent. Leo Himmelsbach, District Attorney, Daniel A. Palmer and Penelope M. Blake, Deputy District Attorneys, for Minor.

OPINION

MOSK, J.

The question before us is whether a referee lacks jurisdiction to enter a final order in a juvenile matter if the superior court fails to strictly follow the provisions of rule 244 of the California Rules of Court in appointing the referee as a temporary judge. We determine that error in failing to follow rule 244 is not jurisdictional when the parties have stipulated to trial by temporary judge and the requirements...

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