Welf. & Inst. Code, § 16517.5 · Chapter 5. State Child Welfare Services
Welf. & Inst. Code, § 16517.5
Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
(a) A social worker or probation officer acting as an officer of the court shall not make an out-of-home placement of a dependent or ward of the court pursuant to this chapter with any of the following:
(1) A relative of the social worker or probation officer responsible for the placement of the child.
(2) The spouse of a relative described in paragraph (1).
(b) A social worker or probation officer acting as an officer of the court shall not receive compensation for the out-of-home placement of a dependent or ward of the court other than the compensation received as an employee of the county or the state.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by renumbering Section 16517 (as added by Stats. 1992, Ch. 497, Sec. 2) by Stats. 2015, Ch. 303, Sec. 631. (AB 731) Effective January 1, 2016.
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