California Welfare and Institutions Code

§ 109

WIC § 109 Effective Jan 1, 2016Div. 2 · Part 1 · Ch. 1

Statute text

(a)Except as provided in subdivisions (b) and (c), nothing in this chapter permits a person acting as a CASA to participate or appear in criminal proceedings or in proceedings to declare a person a ward of the juvenile court pursuant to Section 601 or 602.

(b)A person acting as a CASA may participate in determinations made pursuant to Section 241.1, and in all delinquency proceedings after adjudication of delinquency.

(c)This section does not apply to a person acting as a CASA when that person is acting solely as a support person to the child or who is in court on behalf of a child who is the victim of a crime.

Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2015, Ch. 71, Sec. 4. (AB 424) Effective January 1, 2016.