Section 16509.
16509. Cultural and religious child-rearing practices and beliefs which differ from general community standards shall not in themselves create a need for child welfare services unless the practices present a specific danger to the physical or emotional safety of the child. (Added by renumbering Section 16508 by Stats. 1982, Ch. 978, Sec. 58. Effective September […]
Section 16519.
16519. The Legislature finds and declares the following: (a) Safety, permanency, and well-being are crucial for the more than 82,000 California children in foster care, and are paramount to achieving both federal and state child welfare system improvement goals. Foster children need safe homes with permanent connections to family or other caring adults. The current licensing […]
Section 16509.1.
16509.1. No child who in good faith is under treatment solely by spiritual means through prayer in accordance with the tenets and practices of a recognized church or religious denomination by a duly accredited practitioner thereof shall, for that reason alone, be considered to have been neglected within the purview of this chapter. (Added by […]
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 16507.3.
16507.3. (a) Beginning on October 1, 1982, child welfare services for children placed voluntarily after January 1, 1982, shall be limited to a period not to exceed 180 days. Subject to the availability of federal funding, voluntary placement services for federally eligible children may be extended for an additional six months, for a total period not […]