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Family Code - FAM - FAM § 851
Family Code - FAM - FAM § 851
A transmutation is subject to the laws governing fraudulent transfers.
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Family Code - FAM - FAM § 8512
Family Code - FAM - FAM § 8512
“Birth parent” means the biological parent or, in the case of a person previously adopted, the adoptive parent.
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Family Code - FAM - FAM § 8513
Family Code - FAM - FAM § 8513
“County adoption agency” means an adoption agency operated by a county or consortium of counties.
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Family Code - FAM - FAM § 8514
Family Code - FAM - FAM § 8514
“Days” means calendar days, unless otherwise specified.
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Family Code - FAM - FAM § 8515
Family Code - FAM - FAM § 8515
“Delegated county adoption agency” means a county adoption agency that has agreed to provide the services described in Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 8800) of Part 2.
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Family Code - FAM - FAM § 8518
Family Code - FAM - FAM § 8518
“Department” means the State Department of Social Services.
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Family Code - FAM - FAM § 852
Family Code - FAM - FAM § 852
(a) A transmutation of real or personal property is not valid unless made in writing by an express declaration that is made, joined in, consented to, or accepted by the spouse whose interest in the property is adversely affected. (b) A transmutation of real property is not effect
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Family Code - FAM - FAM § 8521
Family Code - FAM - FAM § 8521
(a) “Full-service adoption agency” means a licensed or authorized entity engaged in the business of providing adoption services, that does all of the following: (1) Assumes care, custody, and control of a child through relinquishment of the child to the agency or involuntary term
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Family Code - FAM - FAM § 8524
Family Code - FAM - FAM § 8524
“Independent adoption” means the adoption of a child in which neither the department, county adoption agency, nor agency licensed by the department is a party to, or joins in, the adoption petition.
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Family Code - FAM - FAM § 8527
Family Code - FAM - FAM § 8527
“Intercountry adoption” means the adoption of a foreign-born child for whom federal law makes a special immigration visa available. Intercountry adoption includes completion of the adoption in the child’s native country or completion of the adoption in this state.
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Family Code - FAM - FAM § 853
Family Code - FAM - FAM § 853
(a) A statement in a will of the character of property is not admissible as evidence of a transmutation of the property in a proceeding commenced before the death of the person who made the will. (b) A waiver of a right to a joint and survivor annuity or survivor’s benefits under
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Family Code - FAM - FAM § 8530
Family Code - FAM - FAM § 8530
“Licensed adoption agency” means any agency licensed by the department to provide the adoption services specified in paragraphs (9) and (10) of subdivision (a) of Section 1502 of the Health and Safety Code.
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Family Code - FAM - FAM § 8533
Family Code - FAM - FAM § 8533
(a) “Noncustodial adoption agency” means any licensed entity engaged in the business of providing adoption services, which does all of the following: (1) Assesses the prospective adoptive parents. (2) Cooperatively matches children freed for adoption, who are under the care, cust
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Family Code - FAM - FAM § 8539
Family Code - FAM - FAM § 8539
“Place for adoption” means, in the case of an independent adoption, the selection of a prospective adoptive parent or parents for a child by the birth parent or parents and the completion of an adoptive placement agreement on a form prescribed by the department by the birth paren
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Family Code - FAM - FAM § 8542
Family Code - FAM - FAM § 8542
“Prospective adoptive parent” means a person who has filed or intends to file a petition under Part 2 (commencing with Section 8600) to adopt a child who has been or who is to be placed in the person’s physical care or a petition under Part 3 (commencing with Section 9300) to ado
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Family Code - FAM - FAM § 8543
Family Code - FAM - FAM § 8543
“Qualified court investigator” means a superior court investigator with the same minimum qualifications as a probation officer or county welfare worker designated to conduct stepparent adoption investigations in stepparent adoption proceedings and proceedings to declare a minor f
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Family Code - FAM - FAM § 8545
Family Code - FAM - FAM § 8545
“Special needs child” means a child for whom all of the following are true: (a) It has been determined that the child cannot or should not be returned to the parent’s home, as evidenced by a petition for termination of parental rights, a court order terminating parental rights, o
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Family Code - FAM - FAM § 8548
Family Code - FAM - FAM § 8548
“Stepparent adoption” means an adoption of a child by a stepparent where one birth parent retains custody and control of the child.
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Family Code - FAM - FAM § 8600
Family Code - FAM - FAM § 8600
An unmarried minor may be adopted by an adult as provided in this part.
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Family Code - FAM - FAM § 8600.5
Family Code - FAM - FAM § 8600.5
Tribal customary adoption as defined in Section 366.24 of the Welfare and Institutions Code and as applied to Indian Children who are dependents of the court, does not apply to this part.
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Family Code - FAM - FAM § 8601
Family Code - FAM - FAM § 8601
(a) Except as otherwise provided in subdivision (b), a prospective adoptive parent or parents shall be at least 10 years older than the child. (b) If the court is satisfied that the adoption of a child by a stepparent, or by a sister, brother, aunt, uncle, or first cousin and, if
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Family Code - FAM - FAM § 8601.5
Family Code - FAM - FAM § 8601.5
(a) A court may issue an order of adoption and declare that it shall be entered nunc pro tunc when it will serve public policy and the best interests of the child, such as cases where adoption finalization has been delayed beyond the child’s 18th birthday due to factors beyond th
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Family Code - FAM - FAM § 8602
Family Code - FAM - FAM § 8602
The consent of a child, if over the age of 12 years, is necessary to the child’s adoption.
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Family Code - FAM - FAM § 8603
Family Code - FAM - FAM § 8603
(a) A married person, not lawfully separated from the person’s spouse, shall not adopt a child without the consent of the spouse, provided that the spouse is capable of giving that consent. (b) The consent of the spouse shall not establish any parental rights or responsibilities
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Family Code - FAM - FAM § 8604
Family Code - FAM - FAM § 8604
(a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), a child having a presumed father under Section 7611 shall not be adopted without the consent of the child’s birth parents, if living. The consent of a presumed father is not required for the child’s adoption unless the person became a pr