After Gov. Newsom signed AB 495, some people online labeled it the "legalized kidnapping" bill. But the claim misrepresents ...

California’s legal framework is firmly rooted in the principle that the child’s best interests must guide every decision. Yet that principle, codified in Family Code Section 3011, is far from ...

California Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed a bill allowing a broad range of relatives to step in as children’s caregivers if their parents are deported, a measure that had provoked a firestorm ...