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FROM: INTERNAL OPERATIONS COMMITTEE Contra
December 9, 1985 Costa
DATE: Cou*
SUBJECT: Juvenile Court Law--SB 1195
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S) OR RECOMMENDATION(.S) & BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
RECOMMENDATIONS:
1. Refer SB 1195 to the Social Services Director for review,
with the request that he advise the Board when and if it is
appropriate for the Board to take a position on SB 1195, or
to support amendments to it which will further streamline
the Juvenile Court system for dependent, neglected, and
abused children as established by SB 14 .
2 . Remove this item as a referral to the Internal Operations
Committee.
BACKGROUND:
The Board on April 9 1985 referred to our Committee SB 1195 by
Senator Presley which would shift the burden of proof in
dependency cases from the County to the parent. Until the
passage of SB 14 some two or three years ago, the parents of a
dependent child had the responsibility at each subsequent court
hearing to prove to the court that they were now adequate
parents, and that their child should be returned to them. SB 14
changed this burden of responsibility so that the County must now
prove at each semi-annual hearing that the parents remain an
unsuitable placement for their children. This has placed a
substantially increased burden on public agencies.
SB 1195 passed the State Senate during the 1985 session and is
now pending a hearing in the Assembly Judiciary Committee. Our
Committee is interested in having any additional suggestions from
the Social Services Director for reforms to SB 14 which will
simplify and reduce the cost of processing dependency cases.
This might, for instance, include eliminating the semi-annual
hearing in selected cases and returning, instead, to an annual
hearing.
We are, therefore, recommending that SB 1195 be referred to the
Social Services Director, asking that he advise the Board of any
amendments which should be sought, and whether or not the Board
should take a position on the bill in its current form.
CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: _ YES ySIGNATURE:
_ RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR /� RECTt6 OF BOARD COMMITTEE
X APPROVE '�, THER
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SIGNATURE(S): Tom Torlakson 0 Powers
ACTION OF BOARD ON December 17, 1985 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED X OTHER
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE
X UNANIMOUS (ABSENT ) AND CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN
AYES: NOES: AND ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD
ABSENT: ABSTAIN: OF SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SHOWN.
County Administrator
cc: Social Services Director ATTESTED December, 17, 1985
PHIL BATCHELOR, CLERK OF THE BOARD OF
SUPERVISORS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR
M382/7-83 BY � ,DEPUTY