Welf. & Inst. Code, § 306.5 · Article 7. Dependent Children—Temporary Custody and Detention
Welf. & Inst. Code, § 306.5
Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
In any case in which a social worker takes a minor into custody pursuant to Section 306, the social worker shall, to the extent that it is practical and appropriate, place the minor together with any siblings or half-siblings who are also detained or include in the report prepared pursuant to Section 319 a statement of his or her continuing efforts to place the siblings together or why those efforts are not appropriate.
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History
Added by Stats. 2001, Ch. 747, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2002.
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