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Family Code - FAM - FAM § 8714
Family Code - FAM - FAM § 8714
(a) A person desiring to adopt a nondependent child may for that purpose file an adoption request in a county authorized by Section 8609.5. A person desiring to adopt a child who has been adjudged to be a dependent of the juvenile court pursuant to Section 300 of the Welfare and
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Family Code - FAM - FAM § 8714.5
Family Code - FAM - FAM § 8714.5
(a) The Legislature finds and declares the following: (1) It is the intent of the Legislature to expedite legal permanency for children who cannot return to their parents and to remove barriers to adoption by relatives of children who are already in the dependency system or who a
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Family Code - FAM - FAM § 8715
Family Code - FAM - FAM § 8715
(a) The department, county adoption agency, or licensed adoption agency, whichever is a party to, or joins in, the petition, shall submit a full report of the facts of the case to the court. (b) If the child has been adjudged to be a dependent of the juvenile court pursuant to Se
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Family Code - FAM - FAM § 8716
Family Code - FAM - FAM § 8716
Where a petition is filed for the adoption of a child who has been placed for adoption by a county adoption agency, licensed county adoption agency, or the department, the county adoption agency, licensed adoption agency, or department may, at the time of filing a favorable repor
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Family Code - FAM - FAM § 8717
Family Code - FAM - FAM § 8717
When any report or findings are submitted to the court by the department, county adoption agency, or licensed adoption agency, a copy of the report or findings, whether favorable or unfavorable, shall be given to the petitioner’s attorney in the proceeding, if the petitioner has
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Family Code - FAM - FAM § 8718
Family Code - FAM - FAM § 8718
The prospective adoptive parents and the child proposed to be adopted shall appear before the court pursuant to Sections 8612 and 8613.
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Family Code - FAM - FAM § 8719
Family Code - FAM - FAM § 8719
If the petitioners move to withdraw the adoption petition or to dismiss the proceeding, the court clerk shall immediately notify the department at Sacramento of the action.
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Family Code - FAM - FAM § 8720
Family Code - FAM - FAM § 8720
(a) If the department, county adoption agency, or licensed adoption agency finds that the home of the petitioners is not suitable for the child or that the required agency consents are not available and the department, county adoption agency, or licensed adoption agency recommend
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Family Code - FAM - FAM § 8730
Family Code - FAM - FAM § 8730
(a) Subject to the requirements of subdivision (b), the department, county adoption agency, or licensed adoption agency may provide an abbreviated home study assessment for any of the following: (1) A licensed or certified foster parent with whom the child has lived for a minimum
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Family Code - FAM - FAM § 8731
Family Code - FAM - FAM § 8731
If the prospective adoptive parent of a child is a foster parent, the assessment or home study described in Section 8730 shall not be initiated until the child to be adopted has resided in the home of the foster parent for at least six months.
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Family Code - FAM - FAM § 8732
Family Code - FAM - FAM § 8732
A report of a medical examination of the foster parent with whom the child has lived for a minimum of six months or the relative caregiver who has had an ongoing and significant relationship with the child shall be included in the assessment of each applicant unless the departmen
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Family Code - FAM - FAM § 8733
Family Code - FAM - FAM § 8733
The department, county adoption agency, or licensed adoption agency shall require the adoptive parent to be provided with information related to the specific needs of the child to be adopted, that, as determined by the licensed adoption agency, may include information regarding t
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Family Code - FAM - FAM § 8734
Family Code - FAM - FAM § 8734
The department shall encourage adoption agencies to make adoption training programs available to prospective adoptive families.
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Family Code - FAM - FAM § 8735
Family Code - FAM - FAM § 8735
The department shall adopt regulations requiring county adoption agencies and licensed adoption agencies to inform the agency responsible for the foster care placement when a relative caregiver or foster parent has been denied approval to adopt based on an inability of the relati
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Family Code - FAM - FAM § 8736
Family Code - FAM - FAM § 8736
The requirements of this chapter shall not be used as basis for removing a child who has been placed with a relative caregiver or foster parent prior to January 1, 1999, unless the noncompliance with the standards described therein present a danger to the health, safety, or emoti
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Family Code - FAM - FAM § 8800
Family Code - FAM - FAM § 8800
(a) The Legislature finds and declares that an attorney’s ability to effectively represent a client may be seriously impaired when conflict of interest deprives the client of the attorney’s undivided loyalty and effort. The Legislature further finds and declares that the relation
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Family Code - FAM - FAM § 8801
Family Code - FAM - FAM § 8801
(a) The selection of a prospective adoptive parent or parents shall be personally made by the child’s birth parent or parents and may not be delegated to an agent. The act of selection by the birth parent or parents shall be based upon personal knowledge of the prospective adopti
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Family Code - FAM - FAM § 8801.3
Family Code - FAM - FAM § 8801.3
A child shall not be considered to have been placed for adoption unless each of the following is true: (a) Each birth parent placing the child for adoption has been advised of their rights, and if desired, has been counseled pursuant to Section 8801.5. (b) The adoption service pr
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Family Code - FAM - FAM § 8801.5
Family Code - FAM - FAM § 8801.5
(a) Each birth parent placing a child for adoption shall be advised of their rights by an adoption service provider. (b) The birth parent shall be advised of their rights in a face-to-face meeting in which the birth parent may ask questions and have questions answered, as provide
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Family Code - FAM - FAM § 8801.7
Family Code - FAM - FAM § 8801.7
(a) An adoption service provider shall also witness the signature of the adoption placement agreement and offer to interview the birth parent after the placement of the child with prospective adoptive parents. The interview shall occur within 10 working days after the placement o
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Family Code - FAM - FAM § 8802
Family Code - FAM - FAM § 8802
(a) Any of the following adult persons who desire to adopt a child may, for that purpose, file an adoption request in a county authorized by Section 8609.5: (1) A person who is related to the child or the child’s half sibling by blood or affinity, including all relatives whose st
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Family Code - FAM - FAM § 8803
Family Code - FAM - FAM § 8803
(a) During the pendency of an adoption proceeding: (1) The child proposed to be adopted shall not be concealed from the agency that is investigating the adoption, or from the court with jurisdiction over the adoption proceeding. (2) The child shall not be removed from the county
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Family Code - FAM - FAM § 8804
Family Code - FAM - FAM § 8804
(a) Whenever the petitioners move to withdraw the petition for the adoption or to dismiss the proceeding, the clerk of the court in which the proceeding is pending shall immediately notify the department at Sacramento of the action. The department or the delegated county adoption
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Family Code - FAM - FAM § 8805
Family Code - FAM - FAM § 8805
At the hearing, if the court sustains the recommendation of the department or delegated county adoption agency that the child be removed from the home of the petitioners because the department or agency recommends denial or if the petitioners move to withdraw the petition or if t
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Family Code - FAM - FAM § 8806
Family Code - FAM - FAM § 8806
The department or delegated county adoption agency shall accept the consent of the birth parents to the adoption of the child by the petitioners and, before filing its report with the court, shall ascertain whether the child is a proper subject for adoption and whether the propos