Welf. & Inst. Code, § 16005 · Chapter 1. Foster Care Placement

Welf. & Inst. Code, § 16005

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Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)

Siblings shall be assigned to the same social worker when there is a prospective adoptive family that intends to adopt the children as a sibling group, unless the responsible local agency finds that assigning the siblings to the same social worker would not be in the best interest of the child or the siblings or the operation of the county office.

Notes and commentary — not statutory text

History

Added by Stats. 2001, Ch. 353, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 2002.

Source of truth

Edition: As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
Official file: https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=WIC&sectionNum=16005.
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