Welfare and Institutions Code section 205

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.

Source: Section 205, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=WIC§ionNum=205. (updated Jan. 1, 1976; accessed Jun. 16, 2025).

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Location: https://california.public.law/codes/welfare_and_institutions_code_section_205

Original Source: Section 205, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=WIC§ionNum=205. (last accessed May 12, 2025).