Cite as: 10 CNCA § 1119

In placing a child in the custody of an individual or of a private agency or institution, the Court shall, if at all possible, select a person or an agency or institution governed by persons of the same religious faith as that of the parents of the child, or in case of a difference in the religious faith of the parents, then of the religious faith of the child, or, if the religious faith of the child is not ascertainable, then of the faith of either of the parents. However, it shall be left to the discretion of the judge to place children where their total needs will best be served.