{"data":{"id":"us-ca/wic-249","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"WIC § 249","heading":"","body":"No order of a referee removing a minor from his home shall become effective until expressly approved by a judge of the juvenile court.","path":["Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC","DIVISION 2. CHILDREN [100. - 1500.]","PART 1. DELINQUENTS AND WARDS OF THE JUVENILE COURT [100. - 1459.]","CHAPTER 2. Juvenile Court Law [200. - 987.]","ARTICLE 4. The Juvenile Court [245. - 265.]"],"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":"67788d0c3fc6a40c97d92ede373f2e0b4c0c7b6bf8b118a8f6e75e8a1c4adfcd","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/wic-248.5","next":"us-ca/wic-250"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}