Cultural and religious child-rearing practices and beliefs which differ from general community standards shall not in themselves create a need for child welfare services unless the practices present a specific danger to the physical or emotional safety of the child.
Cal. Welf. & Inst. Code § 16509
State Child Welfare Services
Added by renumbering Section 16508 by Stats. 1982, Ch. 978, Sec. 58
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