{"data":{"id":"us-ca/wic-356.5","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"WIC § 356.5","heading":"","body":"A child advocate appointed by the court to represent the interests of a dependent child in a proceeding under this chapter shall have the same duties and responsibilities as a guardian ad litem and shall be trained by and function under the auspices of a court appointed special advocate guardian ad litem program, formed and operating under the guidelines established by the National Court Appointed Special Advocate Association.","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 9. Dependent Children—Hearings [345. - 359.]"],"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":"1501e068806d707e6f0a4aa30e4388702ef56d360349bfa270a146f170559704","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/wic-356","next":"us-ca/wic-357"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}