{"code":"WIC","codeName":"Welfare and Institutions Code","section":"205","citation":"Welf. & Inst. Code, § 205","status":"in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"DIVISION 2. CHILDREN [100. - 1500.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/welfare-and-institutions-code/division-2"},{"name":"PART 1. DELINQUENTS AND WARDS OF THE JUVENILE COURT [100. - 1459.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/welfare-and-institutions-code/division-2/part-1"},{"name":"CHAPTER 2. Juvenile Court Law [200. - 987.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/welfare-and-institutions-code/division-2/part-1/chapter-2"},{"name":"ARTICLE 1. General Provisions [200. - 224.7.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/welfare-and-institutions-code/division-2/part-1/chapter-2/article-1"}],"history":"Added by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1068.","effective":null,"html":"<p>All commitments to institutions or for placement in family homes under this chapter shall be, so far as practicable, either to institutions or for placement in family homes of the same religious belief as that of the person so committed or of his parents or to institutions affording opportunity for instruction in such religious belief.</p>","text":"All commitments to institutions or for placement in family homes under this chapter shall be, so far as practicable, either to institutions or for placement in family homes of the same religious belief as that of the person so committed or of his parents or to institutions affording opportunity for instruction in such religious belief.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/welfare-and-institutions-code/general-provisions-205","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}