Section 16509.2.
16509.2. The physical or mental incapacity, or both, in itself, of a parent or a child, shall not result in a presumption of need for child welfare services. (Added by Stats. 1982, Ch. 978, Sec. 63. Effective September 13, 1982.)
Section 16511.
16511. This chapter shall not be construed to give the department or county welfare departments any law enforcement powers. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed in such a manner as to give the department any law enforcement powers, nor to change or interfere with the responsibility of law enforcement, probation officers and departments to […]
Section 16512.
16512. (a) The department shall report every third year, commencing in 1989, to the Legislature on the operation and progress of the child welfare services program. (b) The report shall include both of the following: (1) The number of reported child abuse cases, on an aggregate basis and on a county-by-county basis, and by types of abuse. (2) The […]
Section 16513.
16513. Anyone participating in good faith in the making of a report pursuant to this chapter shall have immunity from any liability, civil or criminal, that might otherwise be incurred or imposed. Any such participant shall have the same immunity with respect to participation in any judicial proceeding resulting from the report. (Amended (as renumbered […]
Section 16513.2.
16513.2. Funding of this chapter is subject to the provisions of Part 1.5 (commencing with Section 10100). (Added by renumbering Section 16513 (as added by Stats. 1978, Ch. 1235) by Stats. 2015, Ch. 303, Sec. 630. (AB 731) Effective January 1, 2016.)
Section 16513.5.
16513.5. Any party to a dependency proceeding may bring a motion before the juvenile court to have a social worker removed from the case. The juvenile court judge in the dependency proceeding shall grant the motion if a preponderance of evidence shows that a conflict of interest has occurred that would interfere with the social […]
Section 16514.
16514. (a) A child or nonminor who has been voluntarily placed, adjudged a dependent child of the juvenile court pursuant to Section 300, or as to whom a petition has been filed under Section 325, may be housed in an emergency shelter or, pursuant to the procedures for placement set forth in this code, placed in […]
Section 16516.
16516. (a) No social worker or probation officer acting as an officer of the court for purposes of this chapter shall, directly or indirectly, lobby for, act as a consultant to, enter into a business transaction with, acquire ownership of, or obtain a pecuniary interest in, any business, whether organized for profit or as a nonprofit […]
Section 16516.5.
16516.5. (a) Notwithstanding any other law or regulation, all foster children who are placed in group homes by county welfare departments or county probation departments shall be visited at least monthly by a county social worker or probation officer. Each monthly visit shall include a private discussion between the foster child and the county social worker […]
Section 16516.6.
16516.6. (a) When a county social worker or probation officer makes a regular visit with a child in any licensed, certified, or approved foster home, the regular visit shall include a private discussion between the foster child and the social worker or probation officer. The private discussion shall not be held in the presence or immediate […]