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Bill would create presumption of unsupervised family time in dependency cases; committee advances measure
Summary
AB 926 would create a rebuttable presumption that visits between parents and children in foster care are unsupervised unless the court finds substantial danger to the child. Proponents and child‑advocate attorneys said supervised office visits can be restrictive and traumatic; counties signaled willingness to work on the standard language.
Assemblymember McKinner introduced AB 926 to change how family time is ordered in dependency proceedings: instead of supervising visits by default, the bill would create a rebuttable presumption that family time is unsupervised unless the court finds a substantial danger to the child that cannot be mitigated by other reasonable means.
Julie Hannigan of Dependency Legal Services and attorneys for children said the current practice in many counties defaults to supervised visits in CPS…
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