California Penal Code 270.5 – (a) Every parent who refuses, without lawful excuse, to accept …
(a) Every parent who refuses, without lawful excuse, to accept his or her minor child into the parent’s home, or, failing to do so, to provide alternative shelter, upon being requested to do so by a child protective agency and after being informed of the duty imposed by this statute to do so, is guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars ($500).
(b) For purposes of this section, “child protective agency” means a police or sheriff’s department, a county probation department, or a county welfare department.
Terms Used In California Penal Code 270.5
- county: includes "city and county". See California Penal Code 7
- Probation: A sentencing alternative to imprisonment in which the court releases convicted defendants under supervision as long as certain conditions are observed.
- Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
- will: includes codicil. See California Penal Code 7
(c) For purposes of this section, “lawful excuse” shall include, but not be limited to, a reasonable fear that the minor child’s presence in the home will endanger the safety of the parent or other persons residing in the home.
(Added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 1616, Sec. 1.)