ADOPT-205 - Declaration Confirming Parentage in Stepparent Adoption

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Declaration Confirming Parentage in Stepparent Adoption

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Form ID: ADOPT-205
Title: Declaration Confirming Parentage in Stepparent Adoption
Effective Date: 2026-01-01
Mandatory Form: no
Info Page: https://selfhelp.courts.ca.gov/jcc-form/ADOPT-205
Primary Download URL: https://www.courts.ca.gov/documents/adopt205.pdf
Form Detail Page:
Declaration Confirming Parentage in Stepparent Adoption
(ADOPT-205)
Tells the court that you are adopting the child of  your spouse or domestic partner and also how the child was conceived. Once completed this form would be attached to the  Adoption Request (ADOPT-200).
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Effective: January 1, 2026
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Judicial Council of California, courts.ca.gov  
Rev. January 1, 2026, Optional Form  
Fam. Code, § 9000.5
Declaration Confirming Parentage in 
Stepparent Adoption
ADOPT-205, Page 1 of 2
ADOPT-205
Your name:
Case Number:
Declaration Confirming Parentage in Stepparent Adoption
This form is attached to form , Stepparent Adoption Request. 
This optional form may be attached to form ADOPT-203 if the adopting parent was married to or in a state-registered 
domestic partnership with the parent who gave birth to the child at the time the child was born. You may instead attach a 
declaration in another format containing substantially the same information. The birth parent and the adopting parent 
must complete separate declarations.
1 I (write your name) declare as follows:
2 Relationship between the birth parent and the adopting parent seeking to confirm parentage (check one):
a. I am the parent who gave birth to the child to be adopted. I married or entered into a state-registered 
domestic partnership (including a domestic partnership or civil union from out-of-state that is legally equivalent 
to a marriage) with the adopting parent who is seeking to confirm parentage (name of adopting parent seeking 
to confirm parentage)
and we remain in that union.
b. I am the adopting parent seeking to confirm parentage. I married or entered into a state-registered domestic
partnership with the parent who gave birth (name of parent who gave birth to the child to be adopted)
and we remain in that union.
3 We were married/registered as domestic partners on (date you entered into your earliest union) ,
before our child was born. A copy of our marriage certificate, registered domestic partner certificate, or certificate 
of out-of-state domestic partnership or civil union is attached.
4 Our child (name of child to be adopted) was born on (date) .
A copy of our child’s birth certificate is attached.
5 Our child was conceived through assisted reproduction in compliance with Family Code section 7613 as 
described below (Describe how your child was conceived and whether you used a known or unknown donor. A 
letter from your sperm bank or a written donor agreement verifying conception by assisted reproduction should 
be attached. If you used a known donor without a sperm bank or written donor agreement, you should seek legal 
advice before submitting this form):

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Rev. January 1, 2026 Declaration Confirming Parentage in 
Stepparent Adoption
ADOPT-205, Page 2 of 2
Your name:
Case Number:
6 If there are any other persons who are or may be the child’s parents, describe these persons’ relationship to the 
child, including their names, the ways in which these persons act as a parent to the child, and whether these 
persons consent to the adoption:
I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the State of California that the foregoing is true and correct.
Date:
Type or print your name
 Sign name

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  Form ID: ADOPT-205 Title: Declaration Confirming Parentage in Stepparent Adoption Effective Date: 2026-01-01 Mandatory Form: no Info Page: https://selfhelp.courts.ca.gov/jcc-form/ADOPT-205 Primary Download URL: https://www.courts.ca.gov/documents/adopt205.pdf Form Detail Page: Declaration Confirming Parentage i…

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  4 Our child (name of child to be adopted) was born on (date) . A copy of our child’s birth certificate is attached. 5 Our child was conceived through assisted reproduction in compliance with Family Code section 7613 as described below (Describe how your child was conceived and whether you used a known or unknown do…