CA AB788

Defines "resisted" in the context of drug or alcohol treatment to mean a parent or guardian refused to participate meaningfully in a prior court-ordered treatment program, excluding passive resistance as defined in In re B.E. (2020) 46 Cal.App.5th 932.

Adds two new conditions to subdivision (b)(10) and (b)(11) that exempt parents from the grounds to deny reunification services if they were minor parents, nonminor dependent parents, or wards of the juvenile court when reunification services were terminated or parental rights were severed.

Incorporates amendments proposed by Assembly Bill 670 through Section 1.5, operative only if both bills are enacted and become effective by January 1, 2022, with this bill enacted after AB 670.