Cal. Rules of Court, rule 7.2205 · Article 1. Preliminary Provisions
Definitions
Text — As posted by the Judicial Council of California (read October 22, 2026)
As used in this chapter, the terms defined in Welfare and Institutions Code section 5971 have the meaning stated in that section. In addition, as used in this chapter:
(1) "CARE Act" refers to the Community Assistance, Recovery, and Empowerment Act, as codified at Welfare and Institutions Code sections 5970-5987.
(2) "Intensive treatment" is involuntary mental health treatment authorized under section 5250.
(3) A "section" is a section of the Welfare and Institutions Code unless otherwise specified.
Notes and commentary — not rule text
History
Rule 7.2205 adopted effective September 1, 2023.
Source of truth
- Edition
- As posted by the Judicial Council of California (read October 22, 2026)
- Official file
- https://courts.ca.gov/cms/rules/index/seven/rule7_2205
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- sha256 3e168e3436f5589567891eedad74a989b7cf2b17aea90eb0dbd60e567364ba89
- Composed by
- compose_crc.py 2026-10-22: the Judicial Council's rule pages read paragraph by paragraph; verify_crc.py's second reading of the Council's per-title PDFs finds every paragraph
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Welfare and Institutions Code
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