California Welfare and Institutions Code

§ 355.1

WIC § 355.1 Effective Sep 16, 1999Div. 2 · Part 1 · Ch. 2 · Art. 9

Statute text

(a)Where the court finds, based upon competent professional evidence, that an injury, injuries, or detrimental condition sustained by a minor is of a nature as would ordinarily not be sustained except as the result of the unreasonable or neglectful acts or omissions of either parent, the guardian, or other person who has the care or custody of the minor, that finding shall be prima facie evidence that the minor is a person described by subdivision (a), (b), or (d) of Section 300.

(b)Proof that either parent, the guardian, or other person who has the care or custody of a minor who is the subject of a petition filed under Section 300 has physically abused, neglected, or cruelly treated another minor shall be admissible in evidence.

(c)The presumption created by subdivision (a) constitutes a presumption affecting the burden of producing evidence.

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 1999, Ch. 417, Sec. 2. Effective September 16, 1999.