California Family Code

§ 7824

FAM § 7824Div. 12 · Part 4 · Ch. 2

Statute text

(a)“Disability” as used in this section means any physical or mental incapacity which renders the parent or parents unable to care for and control the child adequately.

(b)A proceeding under this part may be brought where all of the following requirements are satisfied:

(1)The child is one whose parent or parents (A) suffer a disability because of the habitual use of alcohol, or any of the controlled substances specified in Schedules I to V, inclusive, of Division 10 (commencing with Section 11000) of the Health and Safety Code, except when these controlled substances are used as part of a medically prescribed plan, or (B) are morally depraved.

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Legislative history

Enacted by Stats. 1992, Ch. 162, Sec. 10. Operative January 1, 1994.