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Local Rules of Superior Court of California, County of Imperial

Rule 6.2.5 Criteria for Referral to CASA (9) Chronic depression or social Program behavior;

(10) Severe sexual acting-out

Priority consideration for appointment of an behavior; or advocate will be given involving the following circumstances; (11) Substance abuse.

(c) Cases of re-abuse that involve a

(a) Severe physical/sexual abuse cases number of issues or a number of where the child is not released to a interested parties; parent or relative, and/or the child is seriously traumatized. (d) Children ten (10) years and under who have experienced multiple (b) Cases that involve Special Needs placements and whose parents have Children that involve conflicting consistently failed to show progress opinions as to assessment and/or toward or interest in fulfilling treatment for child, or where treatment plans or goals for family treatment plans or resources will be reunification; difficult to arrange. “Special Needs Children” are identified as children (e) Children age 0-8 years old in foster who have experienced three or more care, where a CASA volunteer might separate placements during any expedite the case toward family consecutive 12-month period or who reunification or adoption, if have been diagnosed or have a history reunification is not appropriate; and of the following:

(f) Short-term CASA intervention or
(1) Conduct disorder with
involvement may facilitate case
aggressive tendencies or
resolution or clarification of issues or
antisocial behavior;
by gathering or researching
(2) Attention Deficit Hyperactive
information, e.g., contacting out-of-
Disorder treated by
state relatives or investigating
psychotropic drugs;
medical concerns to assist the Court
(3) Self-destructive or suicidal in reaching a decision.
behavior; [Adopted January 1, 2011]

(4) Use of psychotropic drugs;
Rule 6.2.6 Release of Information to
(5) Developmental disability; Advocates

(6) Fire setting; An advocate shall have the same legal right
to records relating to the child he or she is
(7) Manifestation of psychotic
appointed to represent as any case manager
symptoms, such as delusion,
(social worker or probation) with regard to
hallucination, or disconnected
records held by any agency, school,
or incoherent thinking;
organization, division or department of the
(8) Summarization of state, physician, surgeon, nurse, other health
psychosomatic problems, care provider, psychologist, psychiatrist,
such as a sleeping or eating mental health provider or law enforcement
disorder; agency. The advocate shall present his or her
identification as a court appointed special
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