Section 16517.5 - Out-of-home placement with relative of social worker or probation officer; compensation for placement(a) A social worker or probation officer acting as an officer of the court shall not make an out-of-home placement of a dependent or ward of the court pursuant to this chapter with any of the following:(1) A relative of the social worker or probation officer responsible for the placement of the child.(2) The spouse of a relative described in paragraph (1).(b) A social worker or probation officer acting as an officer of the court shall not 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.Ca. Welf. and Inst. Code § 16517.5
Renumbered from Ca. Welf. and Inst. Code §16517 and amended by Stats 2015 ch 303 (AB 731),s 631, eff. 1/1/2016.