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Laws current as of January 11, 2024

Can a parent who was convicted of child abuse get custody or visitation?

If a parent was convicted of willful harm or injury to child or cruel or inhumane corporal punishment or injury of child resulting in traumatic condition, s/he cannot get physical custody, legal custody, or unsupervised visitation. The only exception is if the judge specifically determines that there is no significant risk to the child if the parent were able to have custody or unsupervised visitation.1

1 Cal.Fam.Code § 3030(a)(1)