Child Abuse and Neglect Reporting Act
Known as the Child Abuse and Neglect Reporting Act
The act spans §§ 11164–11174 (37 sections).
Applied in 40 court decisions — leading case 32 Cal. 4th 350 - Hagberg v. California Federal Bank FSB (2004)
Most recently applied in James Endy v. County of Los Angeles (September 2020)
Amended by Stats. 2000, Ch. 916, Sec. 1
Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
(a) This article shall be known and may be cited as the Child Abuse and Neglect Reporting Act.
(b) The intent and purpose of this article is to protect children from abuse and neglect. In any investigation of suspected child abuse or neglect, all persons participating in the investigation of the case shall consider the needs of the child victim and shall do whatever is necessary to prevent psychological harm to the child victim.
Official source: California Legislative Information. Reproduced from public-domain California statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.