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Local Rules of Superior Court of California, County of Imperial

the volunteer, the CASA program court days before the hearing for which the director, and the presiding judge of report was prepared. It shall be the the Juvenile Court (or his or her responsibility of CASA to copy and designee). A CASA volunteer’s distribute the CASA court report. Copies of personnel records, however, are the report shall be filed with the Court and subject to the Court’s subpoena distributed to all counsel of record, the power. All subpoenas are to be served on the CASA program director at the Department of Social Services, and any party Imperial County CASA program’s to the proceeding not represented by counsel. offices at: [Adopted January 1, 2016] Court Appointed Special Advocate Program 690 Broadway, Suite #6 Division 3 El Centro, CA. 92243 Dependency [Adopted January 1, 2011] Rule 6.3.0 Visitation Rule 6.2.11 Appeal and Grievance Procedures (a) Visitation between a minor and the minor’s parents, or guardians should (a) Advocates serve at the pleasure of the be as frequent as possible based on Court; the appointment is a privilege the individual circumstances of the and not a right. The Presiding case. Orders for visitation may be Juvenile Court judge or his or her issued at any schedule hearing. designee has the sole authority and Arrangements for visitation may be power to appoint and/or remove an modified by the filing and approval of advocate to or from a case. There is a WIC Section 388 petition. Unless no appeals process from the Court’s specified otherwise by the Court, the decision. following definitions shall apply to visitation Supervised Visits: DSS is (b) The Imperial County CASA program responsible for the supervision of has established an internal process for visits unless the court order specifies the submission and investigation of that a third party may assume the role. grievances which process shall be Probation staff may supervise followed. visitation at the shelter receiving home. Only reasonable visits may be (c) Once an advocate has been removed required to be supervised. from a case, the volunteer is not to contact any of the parties in the case. Reasonable Visits: Visits may include Advocates who are removed or overnight and weekends and up to a terminated from the program shall not maximum of fourteen (14) be appointed on any other case. consecutive days. [Adopted January 1, 2011] Liberal Visits: Visits may include overnight and weekends and up to a Rule 6.2.12 Distribution of CASA Reports maximum of fourteen (14) consecutive days. Absent good cause, the CASA court report Extended Visits: Visits which last must be filed with the court and distributed to beyond fourteen (14) consecutive days. Pursuant to state regulations,the persons entitled to receive it at least two

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