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Committee supports bill to fund legal representation for unaccompanied minors in California
Summary
AB 1261 (listed as AB 12 61 in committee) would require the California Department of Social Services to contract with qualified nonprofit legal services or public defender offices to provide counsel for unaccompanied minors in federal custody or residing with sponsors in California; the committee advanced the bill.
Assemblymember Bonta presented AB 1261 (noted in the record as AB 12 61), which requires the California Department of Social Services to contract with qualified nonprofit legal services organizations or public defenders to provide legal representation to unaccompanied minors in federal custody or residing with a sponsor in California.
Bonta said unrepresented…
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