Welfare and Institutions Code § 109

CHAPTER 1. Court-Appointed Special Advocates

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

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.