ADOPT-210 - Adoption Agreement

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Adoption Agreement

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Form ID: ADOPT-210
Title: Adoption Agreement
Effective Date: 2025-07-01
Mandatory Form: yes
Languages: 汉语, 한국어, español, Tiếng Việt
Info Page: https://selfhelp.courts.ca.gov/jcc-form/ADOPT-210
Primary Download URL: https://www.courts.ca.gov/documents/adopt210.pdf
Alternate Download URLs: https://www.courts.ca.gov/documents/adopt210c.pdf, https://www.courts.ca.gov/documents/adopt210k.pdf, https://www.courts.ca.gov/documents/adopt210s.pdf, https://www.courts.ca.gov/documents/adopt210v.pdf
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Adoption Agreement
(ADOPT-210)
Tells the court that the adopting parent, natural parent, and child over the age of 12, agree to the adoption.  This form cannot be signed until the final hearing.
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Effective: July 1, 2025
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Judicial Council of California, courts.ca.gov  
Rev. July 1, 2025, Mandatory Form   
Family Code, §§ 8602–8606, 8612, 8919, 8919.5, 9000.5, 9003; 
Welfare and Institutions Code, § 366.24;  
Cal. Rules of Court, rule 5.730
Adoption Agreement ADOPT-210, Page 1 of 3
ADOPT-210 Adoption Agreement
Clerk stamps date here when form is filed.
Fill in court name and street address:
Superior Court of California, County of
Court fills in case number when form is filed.
Case Number:
1 Adopting parent or parents
a. Name:
b. Name:
c. Address (skip this if you have a lawyer):
City: State: Zip:
Telephone number:
d. Lawyer (if any) (name, address, telephone numbers, e-mail address, 
and State Bar number):
Check this box if there are more adopting parents. Use a separate 
piece of paper and write “ADOPT-210, Other Adopting Parents” at 
the top and complete a–d. Turn it in with this form.
2 Information about the child
Child’s name before adoption:
Child’s name after adoption:
Date of birth: Age:
Signing this form:
Adoptions usually require a hearing where most signatures on this form must be completed in front of a judge.
Item 5 may be signed before the hearing.
If this is a stepparent adoption to confirm parentage involving a spouse or registered domestic partner who gave 
birth to the child or established parentage over a child born through gestational surrogacy during the union, 
usually no hearing is required and you may sign this form in front of a proper witness. See item 9a for 
instructions on having your signature properly witnessed. If the court orders a hearing in this case, you must 
sign this form at the hearing in front of the judge.
All other signatures must be signed at a hearing, in front of a judge, unless waived by the judge for good cause.
3 I am the child listed in 2 and I agree to the adoption. (Not required in the case of a tribal customary adoption under
Welf. & Inst. Code, § 366.24.)
Date:
Type or print your name
 Signature of child (child must sign if 12 or older; 
optional if child is under 12)
4 If there is one adopting parent (including stepparent), read and sign:
I am the adopting parent listed in 1 , and I agree that the child will:
a. Be adopted and treated as my legal child (Family Code, § 8612(b)) and 
b. Have the same rights as a natural child born to me, including the right to inherit my estate.
Date:
Type or print your name
 Signature of adopting parent

Rev. July 1, 2025 Adoption Agreement
Adopting parent or parents:
Case Number:
5 If the adopting parent is married and not separated, the consent of their spouse is required (Family Code, § 8603). 
Spouse must sign here:
I am married to, or am the registered domestic partner of, the adopting parent listed in 1 , and I am not a
party to this adoption. I agree to the adoption of the child by the adopting parent listed in 1 .
Date:
Type or print your name
 Signature of spouse or registered domestic partner 
(may be signed before hearing)
6 For stepparent adoptions only:  
If you are the legal parent of the child listed in 2 , read and sign below. 
I am the legal parent of the child and am the spouse or registered domestic partner of the adopting parent listed
in 1 . I agree to the adoption of my child by the adopting parent listed in 1 .
Date:
Type or print your name
 Signature of legal parent
7 If there is more than one adopting parent, read and sign below.
We are the adopting parents listed in 1 , and we agree that the child will:
a. Be adopted and treated as our legal child (Family Code, § 8612(b)); and 
b. Have the same rights as a natural child born to us, including the right to inherit our estate.
I agree to the other parent’s or parents’ adoption of the child.
Date:
Type or print your name
 Signature of adopting parent
I agree to the other parent’s or parents’ adoption of the child.
Date:
Type or print your name
 Signature of adopting parent
I agree to the other parent’s or parents’ adoption of the child.
Date:
Type or print your name
 Signature of adopting parent
Check this box if there are more adopting parents. Use a separate piece of paper and write “ADOPT-210, Item 
7” at the top and include name, signature, and date signed. Turn it in with this form.
8 If this is a tribal customary adoption, read and sign below.
I or we are the adopting parents listed in 1 , and I or we agree that the child will:
a. Be adopted and treated as my/our legal child (Family Code, § 8612(b)) and 
b. Have the same rights and duties stated in the tribal customary adoption order dated (copy
attached).
ADOPT-210, Page 2 of 3

For your protection and privacy, please press the Clear 
This Form button after you have printed the form.
Rev. July 1, 2025 Adoption Agreement ADOPT-210, Page 3 of 3
Adopting parent or parents:
Case Number:
8 Date:
Type or print your name
 Signature of adopting parent
Date:
Type or print your name
 Signature of adopting parent
Check this box if there are more adopting parents. Use a separate piece of paper and write “ADOPT-210, Item 
8” at the top and include name, signature, and date signed. Turn it in with this form.
9 Executed (check one):
a. This form was signed outside of a hearing. (Select this option for either a stepparent adoption to confirm 
parentage under Family Code section 9000.5, where the court did not order a hearing for good cause, or if 
the court waived appearance under Family Code, section 8613 or 8613.5.)
(1) This form was signed in California.
This form was signed in front of the following type of witness (check one):
Notary public (the notary acknowledgment is attached)
Court clerk
Probation officer
Qualified court investigator
Authorized representative of a licensed adoption agency
County welfare department staff member
(2) This form was signed outside of California.
This form was signed in front of the following type of witness (check one):
Notary public (the notary acknowledgment is attached)
Other person authorized to perform notarial acts (proof of notarization is attached)
Authorized representative of an adoption agency that is licensed in the state or country where this 
form was signed
(3) Witness information
This form was signed in: (county) (state) (country)
Name of witness:
Agency witness works for (if applicable):
Date:
Witness signature:
b. This form was signed at a hearing in front of a judicial officer. (The judge will date and sign the form below.)
c. This form was signed by the adopting parent or parents either before or while the adopting parent or parents 
were attending a remote hearing and was acknowledged by the judicial officer. (The judge will date and sign 
the form below.)
Date:
Judge or Judicial Officer

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  Form ID: ADOPT-210 Title: Adoption Agreement Effective Date: 2025-07-01 Mandatory Form: yes Languages: 汉语, 한국어, español, Tiếng Việt Info Page: https://selfhelp.courts.ca.gov/jcc-form/ADOPT-210 Primary Download URL: https://www.courts.ca.gov/documents/adopt210.pdf Alternate Download URLs: https://www.courts.ca.g…

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  usually no hearing is required and you may sign this form in front of a proper witness. See item 9a for instructions on having your signature properly witnessed. If the court orders a hearing in this case, you must sign this form at the hearing in front of the judge. All other signatures must be signed at a hearing…

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  Signature of adopting parent I agree to the other parent’s or parents’ adoption of the child. Date: Type or print your name Signature of adopting parent Check this box if there are more adopting parents. Use a separate piece of paper and write “ADOPT-210, Item 7” at the top and include name, signature, and date …

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  b. This form was signed at a hearing in front of a judicial officer. (The judge will date and sign the form below.) c. This form was signed by the adopting parent or parents either before or while the adopting parent or parents were attending a remote hearing and was acknowledged by the judicial officer. (The judge …