ADOPT-215 - Adoption Order

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Adoption Order

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Form ID: ADOPT-215
Title: Adoption Order
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-215
Primary Download URL: https://www.courts.ca.gov/documents/adopt215.pdf
Alternate Download URLs: https://www.courts.ca.gov/documents/adopt215c.pdf, https://www.courts.ca.gov/documents/adopt215k.pdf, https://www.courts.ca.gov/documents/adopt215s.pdf, https://www.courts.ca.gov/documents/adopt215v.pdf
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Adoption Order
(ADOPT-215)
States the court's decision on the adoption.
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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, §§ 8601.5, 8612, 8714, 8714.5, 
8900, 8900.5, 8902, 8912, 9000, 9000.5;  
Welf. & Inst. Code, § 366.24;  
Cal. Rules of Court, rule 5.730 
Adoption Order ADOPT-215, Page 1 of 3
ADOPT-215 Adoption Order
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. Name:
d. Street address:
City: State: Zip:
Daytime telephone number: 
e. Additional street address:
City: State: Zip:
Daytime telephone number: 
f. Lawyer (if any) (name, address, telephone number, e-mail address, 
and State Bar number):
2 Information about the child
Child’s name after adoption:
a. First name: 
b. Middle name: 
c. Last name: 
d. Date of birth: Age:
e. Place of birth (if known):
City: State: Country:
3 Name of adoption agency (if any):
4 Hearing details
a. Hearing date: Dept.: Div.: Rm.:
b. Judicial officer: Clerk’s office telephone number:  
c. People present at the hearing:
Adopting parent or parents Lawyer for adopting parent or parents
Child Child’s lawyer
Parent or parents keeping parental rights:
Other people present (list each name and relationship to child):
(1)
(2)
Check here if there are more names. Attach a sheet of paper, write “ADOPT-215, Item 4” at the top, and list 
the additional names and each person’s relationship to child. You may use form MC-025, Attachment.

Rev. July 1, 2025 Adoption Order ADOPT-215, Page 2 of 3
Adopting parent or parents:
Case Number:
4 d. The hearing is waived pursuant to Family Code section 9000.5 (Check this box only if this is an adoption 
confirming parentage of a parent who was married to or in a state-registered domestic partnership, including a 
registered domestic partnership or civil union from another jurisdiction, with the legal parent at the time the child was 
born.)
Judge will fill out section below.
5 The judge finds that the child (check all that apply):
a. Is 12 or older and agrees to the adoption
b. Is under 12
c. Is not required to consent because this is a tribal customary adoption.
6 The judge has reviewed the report and other documents and evidence and finds that: 
a. Proper notice to all persons with actual or possible parental rights has been provided and their voluntary or 
nonvoluntary participation is documented in the court file.
b. Each adopting parent:
(1) Is at least 10 years older than the child or meets the criteria in Family Code section 8601(b);
(2) Will treat the child as their own; 
(3) Will support and care for the child;
(4) Has a suitable home for the child; and 
(5) Agrees to adopt the child.
7 Child's name before adoption 
Complete for nonrelative agency, independent, intercountry, or stepparent adoption. 
If this is an adoption of a dependent child by a relative filed under Family Code section 8714.5, complete only if requested by 
the adopting relative or by the child being adopted, if 12 years of age or older. 
First name: Middle name: Last name: 
8 The child is an Indian child. The judge finds that this adoption meets the placement requirements of the Indian 
Child Welfare Act or that there is good cause to give preference to these adopting parent or parents. The clerk
will fill out 14 below.
9 The judge approves the Contact After Adoption Agreement (form )
As submitted As amended on form ADOPT-310
10 This is a tribal customary adoption. The tribal customary adoption order of the 
tribe dated containing pages and attached hereto is fully incorporated into this order of adoption.
11 This is an adoption under the Hague Adoption Convention. Verification of Compliance with Hague Adoption 
Convention Attachment (form ADOPT-216) is attached and fully incorporated into this order.

For your protection and privacy, please press the Clear 
This Form button after you have printed the form.
Rev. July 1, 2025 Adoption Order ADOPT-215, Page 3 of 3
Adopting parent or parents:
Case Number:
12 (Do not complete for intercountry adoptions.) The child will have more than two parents. The following persons 
with existing parental rights agree to this adoption and will maintain their existing parental rights:
a. Name: Relationship to child:
Name: Relationship to child:
b. An agreement waiving termination of parental rights, signed by both the existing parents and the adopting parent 
or parents, was filed with the court.
13 The judge believes the adoption is in the child’s best interest and orders this adoption. The child’s name after 
adoption will be:
First name: Middle name: Last name: 
The adopting parent or parents and the child are now parent and child under the law, with all the rights and duties  
of the parent-child relationship or, in the case of a tribal customary adoption, all the rights and duties set out in the  
tribal customary adoption order and Welfare and Institutions Code section 366.24.
The judge believes it will serve public policy and the best interest of the child to grant the request of the  
adopting parent or parents for the court to make this order effective as of (date): .
Date:
(Date of Signature) Judge or Judicial Officer
Clerk will fill out section below.
14 Clerk’s Certificate of Mailing 
For the adoption of an Indian child, the clerk certifies:
I am not a party to this adoption. I placed a filed copy of:
Adoption Request (form ADOPT-200) Adoption of Indian Child (form ADOPT-220)  
Adoption Order (form ADOPT-215) Contact After Adoption Agreement (form ADOPT-310)
in a sealed envelope, marked “Confidential” and addressed to:
Chief, Division of Social Services  
Bureau of Indian Affairs  
1849 C Street, NW  
Mail Stop 310-SIB   
Washington, DC 20240
The envelope was mailed by U.S. mail, with full postage, from:
Place: on (date):
Date: Clerk, by: , Deputy

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• #1

  Form ID: ADOPT-215 Title: Adoption Order 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-215 Primary Download URL: https://www.courts.ca.gov/documents/adopt215.pdf Alternate Download URLs: https://www.courts.ca.gov/d…

• #2

  the additional names and each person’s relationship to child. You may use form MC-025, Attachment. Rev. July 1, 2025 Adoption Order ADOPT-215, Page 2 of 3 Adopting parent or parents: Case Number: 4 d. The hearing is waived pursuant to Family Code section 9000.5 (Check this box only if this is an adoption confirmi…

• #3

  For your protection and privacy, please press the Clear This Form button after you have printed the form. Rev. July 1, 2025 Adoption Order ADOPT-215, Page 3 of 3 Adopting parent or parents: Case Number: 12 (Do not complete for intercountry adoptions.) The child will have more than two parents. The following perso…