Okay, I actually looked up the text of the law. The online summaries gloss over some nuances that matter a lot for this particular case and which Loopy is totally misreading. All family reunification is not banned by this law; only those services that require certain things as a condition of enrollment. Those things are: a no-contact order; an out-of-state or multi-day stay; a transfer of legal or physical custody of the child; the use of "private youth transporters;" or coercion/threats of force, isolation, verbal abuse, and the like. This law also doesn't apply to family reunification services provided by the county government.
Sessions of reunification therapy, which may last a few hours once or twice a week (which is what the children in this case likely will experience), wouldn't be covered under this new law.
Sessions of reunification therapy, which may last a few hours once or twice a week (which is what the children in this case likely will experience), wouldn't be covered under this new law.
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(a) Notwithstanding any other law, a court shall not order family reunification treatments, programs, or services, including, but not limited to, camps, workshops, therapeutic vacations, or educational programs that, as a condition of enrollment or participation, require or result in any of the following:
(1) A no-contact order.
(2) An overnight, out-of-state, or multiday stay.
(3) A transfer of physical or legal custody of the child.
(4) The use of private youth transporters or private transportation agents engaged in the use of force, threat of force, physical obstruction, acutely distressing circumstances, or circumstances that place the safety of the child at risk.
(5) The use of threats of physical force, undue coercion, verbal abuse, isolation from the child’s family, community, or other sources of support, or other acutely distressing circumstances.
(b) This section does not affect the applicability of Section 16507 of the Welfare and Institutions Code.
(a) Notwithstanding any other law, a court shall not order family reunification treatments, programs, or services, including, but not limited to, camps, workshops, therapeutic vacations, or educational programs that, as a condition of enrollment or participation, require or result in any of the following:
(1) A no-contact order.
(2) An overnight, out-of-state, or multiday stay.
(3) A transfer of physical or legal custody of the child.
(4) The use of private youth transporters or private transportation agents engaged in the use of force, threat of force, physical obstruction, acutely distressing circumstances, or circumstances that place the safety of the child at risk.
(5) The use of threats of physical force, undue coercion, verbal abuse, isolation from the child’s family, community, or other sources of support, or other acutely distressing circumstances.
(b) This section does not affect the applicability of Section 16507 of the Welfare and Institutions Code.
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