BILL NUMBER: AB 1843	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Members Jones and Gordon

                        FEBRUARY 18, 2014

   An act to amend Section 3025.5 of the Family Code, relating to
child custody.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1843, as introduced, Jones. Child custody evaluations:
confidentiality.
   Under existing law, reports containing psychological evaluations
of a child or recommendations regarding custody of, or visitation
with, a child, that are submitted to the court in a proceeding
involving child custody or visitation, are required to be kept in the
confidential portion of court files, and may be made available only
to specified persons.
   This bill would make a technical, nonsubstantive change to that
provision.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 3025.5 of the Family Code is amended to read:
   3025.5.  In  any   a  proceeding
involving child custody or visitation rights, if a report containing
psychological evaluations of a child or recommendations regarding
custody of, or visitation with, a child is submitted to the court,
including, but not limited to, a report created pursuant to Chapter 6
(commencing with Section 3110) of this part, a recommendation made
to the court pursuant to Section 3183, and a written statement of
issues and contentions pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 3151,
that information shall be contained in a document that shall be
placed in the confidential portion of the court file of the
proceeding, and may not be disclosed, except to the following
persons:
   (a) A party to the proceeding and his or her attorney.
   (b) A federal or state law enforcement officer, judicial officer,
court employee, or family court facilitator of the superior court of
the county in which the action was filed, or an employee or agent of
that facilitator, acting within the scope of his or her duties.
   (c) Counsel appointed for the child pursuant to Section 3150.
   (d) Any other person upon order of the court for good cause.