{"data":{"id":"us-ca/fam-3453.5","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"FAM § 3453.5","heading":"","body":"(a) A law of another state that authorizes a state agency to remove a child from their parent or guardian based on the parent or guardian allowing their child to receive gender-affirming health care or gender-affirming mental health care is against the public policy of this state and shall not be enforced or applied in a case pending in a court in this state.\n(b) For the purpose of this subdivision, “gender-affirming health care” and “gender-affirming mental health care” shall have the same meaning as provided in Section 16010.2 of the Welfare and Institutions Code.","path":["Family Code - FAM","DIVISION 8. CUSTODY OF CHILDREN [3000. - 3465.]","PART 3. UNIFORM CHILD CUSTODY JURISDICTION AND ENFORCEMENT ACT [3400. - 3465.]","CHAPTER 3. Enforcement [3441. - 3457.]"],"source_url":"https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zip","current_through":"2026-09-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T05:56:33Z","sha256":"ed0432ec19cbd02ca20c07a75239354bac653b3aa88362dd146515803874f312","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/fam-3453","next":"us-ca/fam-3454"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}