Section 16517.  


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  • (a) No social worker or probation officer acting as an officer of the court shall make an out-of-home placement of a dependent or ward of the court pursuant to this chapter with any of the following:

    (1) Any relative of the social worker or probation officer responsible for the placement of the child.

    (2) The spouse of any relative described in paragraph (1).

    (b) No social worker or probation officer acting as an officer of the court shall receive compensation for the out-of-home placement of a dependent or ward of the court other than the compensation received as an employee of the county or the state.

(Added by Stats. 1992, Ch. 497, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1993. See same-numbered section added by Stats. 1992, Ch. 292.)