{"code":"FAM","codeName":"Family Code","section":"7824","citation":"Fam. Code, § 7824","status":"in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"DIVISION 12. PARENT AND CHILD RELATIONSHIP [7500. - 7962.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/family-code/division-12"},{"name":"PART 4. FREEDOM FROM PARENTAL CUSTODY AND CONTROL [7800. - 7895.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/family-code/division-12/part-4"},{"name":"CHAPTER 2. Circumstances Where Proceeding May Be Brought [7820. - 7827.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/family-code/division-12/part-4/chapter-2"}],"history":"Enacted by Stats. 1992, Ch. 162, Sec. 10.   Operative January 1, 1994.","effective":null,"html":"<p>(a) “Disability” as used in this section means any physical or mental incapacity which renders the parent or parents unable to care for and control the child adequately.</p><p>(b) A proceeding under this part may be brought where all of the following requirements are satisfied:</p><p>(1) The child is one whose parent or parents (A) suffer a disability because of the habitual use of alcohol, or any of the controlled substances specified in Schedules I to V, inclusive, of Division 10 (commencing with Section 11000) of the Health and Safety Code, except when these controlled substances are used as part of a medically prescribed plan, or (B) are morally depraved.</p><p>(2) The child has been a dependent child of the juvenile court, and the parent or parents have been deprived of the child’s custody continuously for one year immediately before the filing of a petition pursuant to this part.</p><p>(c) Physical custody by the parent or parents for insubstantial periods of time does not interrupt the running of the one-year period.</p>","text":"(a) “Disability” as used in this section means any physical or mental incapacity which renders the parent or parents unable to care for and control the child adequately. (b) A proceeding under this part may be brought where all of the following requirements are satisfied: (1) The child is one whose parent or parents (A) suffer a disability because of the habitual use of alcohol, or any of the controlled substances specified in Schedules I to V, inclusive, of Division 10 (commencing with Section 11000) of the Health and Safety Code, except when these controlled substances are used as part of a medically prescribed plan, or (B) are morally depraved. (2) The child has been a dependent child of the juvenile court, and the parent or parents have been deprived of the child’s custody continuously for one year immediately before the filing of a petition pursuant to this part. (c) Physical custody by the parent or parents for insubstantial periods of time does not interrupt the running of the one-year period.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/family-code/circumstances-where-proceeding-may-be-brought-7824","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}