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Family Code - FAM - FAM § 8605
Family Code - FAM - FAM § 8605
A child not having a presumed father under Section 7611 may not be adopted without the consent of the child’s mother, if living.
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Family Code - FAM - FAM § 8606
Family Code - FAM - FAM § 8606
Notwithstanding Sections 8604 and 8605, the consent of a birth parent is not necessary in the following cases: (a) Where the birth parent has been judicially deprived of the custody and control of the child (1) by a court order declaring the child to be free from the custody and
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Family Code - FAM - FAM § 8606.5
Family Code - FAM - FAM § 8606.5
(a) Notwithstanding any other section in this part, and in accordance with Section 1913 of the Indian Child Welfare Act (25 U.S.C. Sec. 1901 et seq.), consent to adoption given by an Indian child’s parent is not valid unless both of the following occur: (1) The consent is execute
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Family Code - FAM - FAM § 8607
Family Code - FAM - FAM § 8607
All forms adopted by the department authorizing the release of an infant from a health facility to the custody of persons other than the person entitled to custody of the child pursuant to Section 3010 and authorizing these other persons to obtain medical care for the infant shal
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Family Code - FAM - FAM § 8608
Family Code - FAM - FAM § 8608
(a) The department shall adopt regulations specifying the form and content of the reports required by Sections 8706, 8817, and 8909. In addition to any other material that may be required by the department, the form shall include inquiries designed to elicit information on any il
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Family Code - FAM - FAM § 8609
Family Code - FAM - FAM § 8609
(a) Any person or organization that advertises in any periodical or newspaper, by radio, or other public medium, that the person or organization will place children for adoption, or accept, supply, provide, or obtain children for adoption, or that causes any advertisement to be p
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Family Code - FAM - FAM § 8609.5
Family Code - FAM - FAM § 8609.5
An adoption request for the adoption or readoption of a nondependent minor may be filed with the court in the county in which one of the following applies: (a) The petitioner resides. (b) The child was born or resides at the time of filing. (c) An office of the agency that placed
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Family Code - FAM - FAM § 8610
Family Code - FAM - FAM § 8610
(a) The petitioners in a proceeding for adoption of a child shall file with the court a full accounting report of all disbursements of anything of value made or agreed to be made by them or on their behalf in connection with the birth of the child, the placement of the child with
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Family Code - FAM - FAM § 8611
Family Code - FAM - FAM § 8611
All court hearings in an adoption proceeding shall be held in private, and the court shall exclude all persons except the officers of the court, the parties, their witnesses, counsel, and representatives of the agencies present to perform their official duties under the law gover
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Family Code - FAM - FAM § 8612
Family Code - FAM - FAM § 8612
(a) The court shall examine all persons appearing before it pursuant to this part. The examination of each person shall be conducted separately but within the physical presence of every other person unless the court, in its discretion, orders otherwise. (b) The prospective adopti
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Family Code - FAM - FAM § 8613
Family Code - FAM - FAM § 8613
(a) If the prospective adoptive parent is commissioned or enlisted in the military service, or auxiliary thereof, of the United States, or of any of its allies, or is engaged in service on behalf of any governmental entity of the United States, or in the American Red Cross, or in
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Family Code - FAM - FAM § 8613.5
Family Code - FAM - FAM § 8613.5
(a) (1) If it is impossible or impracticable for either prospective adoptive parent to make an appearance in person, and the circumstances are established by clear and convincing documentary evidence, the court may, in its discretion, do either of the following: (A) Waive the per
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Family Code - FAM - FAM § 8613.7
Family Code - FAM - FAM § 8613.7
On and after January 1, 2014, the court shall provide to any petitioner for adoption pursuant to this part a notice informing the petitioner that they may be eligible for reduced-cost coverage through the California Health Benefit Exchange established under Title 22 (commencing w
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Family Code - FAM - FAM § 8614
Family Code - FAM - FAM § 8614
Upon the request of the adoptive parents or the adopted child, a clerk of the superior court may issue a certificate of adoption that states the date and place of adoption, the birthday of the child, the names of the adoptive parents, and the name the child has taken. Unless the
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Family Code - FAM - FAM § 8615
Family Code - FAM - FAM § 8615
(a) Notwithstanding any other law, an action may be brought in the county in which the petitioner resides for the purpose of obtaining for a child adopted by the petitioner a new birth certificate specifying that a deceased spouse of the petitioner who was in the home at the time
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Family Code - FAM - FAM § 8616
Family Code - FAM - FAM § 8616
After adoption, the adopted child and the adoptive parents shall sustain towards each other the legal relationship of parent and child and have all the rights and are subject to all the duties of that relationship.
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Family Code - FAM - FAM § 8616.5
Family Code - FAM - FAM § 8616.5
(a) The Legislature finds and declares that some adoptive children may benefit from either direct or indirect contact with birth relatives, including the birth parent or parents or any siblings, or an Indian tribe, after being adopted. Postadoption contact agreements are intended
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Family Code - FAM - FAM § 8617
Family Code - FAM - FAM § 8617
(a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), the existing parent or parents of an adopted child are, from the time of the adoption, relieved of all parental duties towards, and all responsibility for, the adopted child, and have no right over the child. (b) The termination of the p
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Family Code - FAM - FAM § 8618
Family Code - FAM - FAM § 8618
A child adopted pursuant to this part may take the family name of the adoptive parent.
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Family Code - FAM - FAM § 8619
Family Code - FAM - FAM § 8619
The department shall adopt rules and regulations it determines are reasonably necessary to ensure that the birth parent or parents of Indian ancestry, seeking to relinquish a child for adoption, provide sufficient information to the department, county adoption agency, or licensed
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Family Code - FAM - FAM § 8619.5
Family Code - FAM - FAM § 8619.5
Whenever a final decree of adoption of an Indian child has been vacated or set aside or the adoptive parent voluntary consents to termination of parental rights to the child, a biological parent or prior Indian custodian may petition for return of custody and the court shall gran
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Family Code - FAM - FAM § 8620
Family Code - FAM - FAM § 8620
(a) (1) If a parent is seeking to relinquish a child pursuant to Section 8700 or execute an adoption placement agreement pursuant to Section 8801.3, the department, county adoption agency, licensed adoption agency, or adoption service provider, as applicable, shall ask the child
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Family Code - FAM - FAM § 8621
Family Code - FAM - FAM § 8621
(a) The department shall adopt regulations regarding the provision of adoption services by the department, county adoption agencies, licensed adoption agencies, and other adoption service providers authorized pursuant to this division and shall monitor the provision of those serv
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Family Code - FAM - FAM § 8622
Family Code - FAM - FAM § 8622
A licensed private adoption agency whose services are limited to a particular target population shall inform all birth parents and prospective adoptive parents of its service limitations before commencing any services, signing any documents or agreements, or accepting any fees. T
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Family Code - FAM - FAM § 8623
Family Code - FAM - FAM § 8623
Notwithstanding any other law, all adoption facilitators registered with the department on its statewide registry as of July 1, 2023, shall cease operation in this state on or before December 31, 2023. An adoption facilitator that continues to operate on or after January 1, 2024,