Stoeckle v. Director of Department of Social Welfare

Plaintiff sued to restrain the Department of Social Welfare from enforcing the licensing provisions of section 1620(a) of the Welfare and Institutions Code. Defendant had judgment, the trial court finding that plaintiff was conducting a “day nursery” within the meaning of the Act.

Section 1620 provides that no one may without a license from the Department “(a) Maintain or conduct any institution, boarding home, day nursery, or other place for the reception, or care, of children under sixteen years of age, nor engage in the business of receiving or caring for such children, nor receive nor care…