As used in this article, “the willful harming or injuring of a child or the endangering of the person or health of a child,” means a situation in which any person willfully causes or permits any child to suffer, or inflicts thereon, unjustifiable physical pain or mental suffering, or having the care or custody of any child, willfully causes or permits the person or health of the child to be placed in a situation in which his or her person or health is endangered.
Cal. Penal Code § 11165.3
Child Abuse and Neglect Reporting Act
Known as the Child Abuse and Neglect Reporting Act
The act spans §§ 11164–11174 (37 sections).
Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case Gilson v. Sirmons (2008)
Most recently applied in 223 Cal. App. 4th 72 - Gonzalez v. Santa Clara County Department of Social Services (January 2014)
Amended by Stats. 2004, Ch. 842, Sec. 1
How often courts cite this section
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.
Official source: California Legislative Information. Reproduced from public-domain California statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.