Welfare and Institutions Code § 109

CHAPTER 1. Court-Appointed Special Advocates

Current as of September 28, 2026Welf. & Inst. Code, § 109Official source ↗Ask about this

Amended by Stats. 2015, Ch. 71, Sec. 4. (AB 424) Effective January 1, 2016.

(a) Except as provided in subdivisions (b) and (c), nothing in this chapter permits a person acting as a CASA to participate or appear in criminal proceedings or in proceedings to declare a person a ward of the juvenile court pursuant to Section 601 or 602.

(b) A person acting as a CASA may participate in determinations made pursuant to Section 241.1, and in all delinquency proceedings after adjudication of delinquency.

(c) This section does not apply to a person acting as a CASA when that person is acting solely as a support person to the child or who is in court on behalf of a child who is the victim of a crime.