California Welfare and Institutions Code

§ 16000.1

WIC § 16000.1 Effective Jan 1, 2004Div. 9 · Part 4 · Ch. 1

Statute text

(a)The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:

(1)The state has a duty to care for and protect the children that the state places into foster care, and as a matter of public policy, the state assumes an obligation of the highest order to ensure the safety of children in foster care.

(2)A judicial order establishing jurisdiction over a child placed into foster care supplants or limits parental or previous adult authority.

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Legislative history

Added by Stats. 2003, Ch. 847, Sec. 5. Effective January 1, 2004.