DIVISION 2. CHILDREN 100-1500›PART 1. DELINQUENTS AND WARDS OF THE JUVENILE COURT 100-1455›CHAPTER 1. Court-Appointed Special Advocates 100-110
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California Welfare and Institutions Code · 2018-11 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · California
(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.
(Amended by Stats. 2015, Ch. 71, Sec. 4. (AB 424) Effective January 1, 2016.)
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