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Cal. Penal Code § 11165.12

Child Abuse and Neglect Reporting Act

Known as the Child Abuse and Neglect Reporting Act

The act spans §§ 11164 to 11174.3 (37 sections).

Applied in 5 court decisions — leading case 223 Cal. App. 4th 72 - Gonzalez v. Santa Clara County Department of Social Services (2014)

Most recently applied in James Endy v. County of Los Angeles (September 2020)

Amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 468, Sec. 1

How often courts cite this section

2011202010
citing decisions per year

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.

As used in this article, the following definitions shall control:

(a) “Unfounded report” means a report that is determined by the investigator who conducted the investigation to be false, to be inherently improbable, to involve an accidental injury, or not to constitute child abuse or neglect, as defined in Section 11165.6.

(b) “Substantiated report” means a report that is determined by the investigator who conducted the investigation to constitute child abuse or neglect, as defined in Section 11165.6, based upon evidence that makes it more likely than not that child abuse or neglect, as defined, occurred. A substantiated report shall not include a report where the investigator who conducted the investigation found the report to be false, inherently improbable, to involve an accidental injury, or to not constitute child abuse or neglect as defined in Section 11165.6.

(c) “Inconclusive report” means a report that is determined by the investigator who conducted the investigation not to be unfounded, but the findings are inconclusive and there is insufficient evidence to determine whether child abuse or neglect, as defined in Section 11165.6, has occurred.

Official source: California Legislative Information. Reproduced from public-domain California statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.