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Committee advances bill to require attorneys to follow expressed wishes of nonminor dependents
Summary
AB 373 would clarify that attorneys appointed for nonminor dependents (ages 18–21) must represent the clients' expressed wishes rather than substitute the attorney’s judgment; committee moved the bill forward after debate about youth maturity and supports systems.
The Senate Judiciary Committee voted to advance Assembly Bill 373, a measure that would clarify attorneys’ duties in dependency proceedings for nonminor dependents — foster youth aged 18 to 21 — by requiring counsel to advocate for those clients’ expressed wishes rather than substitute the attorney’s judgment.
Assemblymember Rubio, the bill’s author, told the committee the change reflects that nonminor dependents are…
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