B.H. v. COUNTY OF SAN BERNARDINO

No. S213066.

62 Cal.4th 168 (2015)

195 Cal. Rptr. 3d 220

361 P.3d 342

B.H., a Minor, etc., Plaintiff and Appellant, v. COUNTY OF SAN BERNARDINO et al., Defendants and Respondents.

Supreme Court of California.

November 30, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

The Keane Law Firm, Christopher J. Keane ; Esner, Chang & Boyer, Andrew N. Chang and Stuart B. Esner for Plaintiff and Appellant.

Tamara Lange ; Keker & Van Nest and Jon Streeter for National Center for Youth Law, Advokids, Fresno Council on Child Abuse Prevention, Legal Advocates for Children and Youth, the National Association of Counsel for Children and G. Michael Gates as Amici Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Appellant.

Lynberg & Watkins, Norman J. Watkins , S. Frank Harrell , Shannon L. Gustafson and Pancy Lin for Defendants and Respondents.

Jennifer B. Henning for California State Association of Counties and League of California Cities as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendants and Respondents.


OPINION

The intent and purpose of the Child Abuse and Neglect Reporting Act (CANRA; Pen. Code, § 11164 et seq.) is to protect children from abuse and neglect (Pen. Code, § 11164, subd. (b)).1 One of the stated fundamental goals of CANRA is to increase communication and the sharing of information...

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