ADOPT-310 - Contact After Adoption Agreement

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Contact After Adoption Agreement

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Form ID: ADOPT-310
Title: Contact After 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-310
Primary Download URL: https://www.courts.ca.gov/documents/adopt310.pdf
Alternate Download URLs: https://www.courts.ca.gov/documents/adopt310c.pdf, https://www.courts.ca.gov/documents/adopt310k.pdf, https://www.courts.ca.gov/documents/adopt310s.pdf, https://www.courts.ca.gov/documents/adopt310v.pdf
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Contact After Adoption Agreement
(ADOPT-310)
Tells the court that the adoptive parent(s) and the biological family members have agreed to contact after the adoption is done. Once completed and signed by everyone who is part of this agreement,  this form should be attached to the Adoption Request (ADOPT-200) or can be filed at the time of the Adoption Finalization hearing and attached to the Adoption Order (ADOPT-216). This form includes what type of ongoing contact is allowed.
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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, §§ 8616.5, 8714.5;  
Welf. & Inst. Code, § 366.26 
Contact After Adoption Agreement ADOPT-310, Page 1 of 3
ADOPT-310 Contact After Adoption Agreement
Original Change
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 you have one) (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-310, Other Adopting Parents” at 
the top and complete a–d. Turn it in with this form.
2 Information about the child
a. Child’s name (after adoption):
b. Date of birth: Age:
c. Is the child a dependent of Juvenile Court? No Yes
If yes, list juvenile court and juvenile case number and attach this form to your Adoption Request (form 
ADOPT-200) (Family Code, §§ 8714.5(d) and 8715):
County: Case number:
d. Child's Lawyer (If the child has a lawyer, fill out below. If item 2c is yes, child must have a lawyer. See Family 
Code section  8616.5(d).)
Name of child’s lawyer:
Address:
City: State: Zip:
Phone number: State Bar number:
3 The birth relatives below agree with the requesting parties in 1 about contact with the child after adoption. If the
agreement is confidential, write “Confidential” instead of the person’s name. Sibling information may include 
minor siblings, siblings who are dependents or nonminor dependents, and adult siblings. Consider completion of 
waiver forms (California Department of Social Services forms AD 904A or AD 904B). See 
https://cdss.ca.gov/inforesources/forms-brochures/forms-alphabetic-list/a-d.
Check this box if there are more relatives that need to sign. Use a separate piece of paper and write 
“ADOPT-310, Item 3—Other Relatives” at the top and include name, relationship to child, and type of contact. 
Turn it in with this form.

Rev. July 1, 2025 Contact After Adoption Agreement ADOPT-310, Page 2 of 3
Adopting parent or parents:
Case Number:
3   Type of Contact (check all that apply):
Name Relationship to Child
H
Visits
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Phone
:
Email
*
Letter
1
Share Info Other*
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
f.
g.
Check this box if  “Other” is selected. Use a separate piece of paper and write “ADOPT-310, Item 3 —Other 
Types of Contact” at the top and include name, relationship to child, and type of contact. Turn it in with this 
form. 
4 Check this box if you have a signed, written agreement about Contact After Adoption, and attach a copy.
Number of pages attached:
5 The parties have discussed the reasons for continued contact between the child and the specified relatives or other 
parties, considering the best interests of the child.
Notice
1. The adopting parent or parents must file this form with the court before the finalization hearing or order 
of the court. Within 30 days of the adopting parent or parents receiving a file-marked copy of this 
agreement, the adopting parent or parents must provide a file marked copy to each person who signed 
the agreement as well as any licensed adopting agency that placed the child for adoption or consented to 
the adoption.
2. After the judge signs the Adoption Order for this child, the adoption is final. It can never be canceled or 
changed, even if anyone who signed this agreement:
Does not follow the agreement, and/or
Files form ADOPT-315 (to change, end, or enforce this agreement).
3. Before this agreement can be changed by the court, all of the people who signed it have to try to fix any 
problems with it through a dispute resolution program, like mediation.

For your protection and privacy, please press the Clear 
This Form button after you have printed the form.
Rev. July 1, 2025 Contact After Adoption Agreement ADOPT-310, Page 3 of 3
Adopting parent or parents:
Case Number:
6 Everyone involved in this agreement must sign below (including the child, if 12 or older, and the child’s attorney). 
Date:
Type or print your name and relationship to child
 Sign your name
Date:
Type or print your name and relationship to child
 Sign your name
Date:
Type or print your name and relationship to child
 Sign your name
Date:
Type or print your name and relationship to child
 Sign your name
Date:
Type or print your name and relationship to child
 Sign your name
Date:
Type or print your name and relationship to child
 Sign your name
Check this box if you need more space to list relatives. Use a separate piece of paper and write “ADOPT-310, 
Item 6 —Signatures of Other Relatives” at the top and include name and relationship to child, signature, and 
date signed. Turn it in with this form.
Date:
Judge or Judicial Officer

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  Form ID: ADOPT-310 Title: Contact After 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-310 Primary Download URL: https://www.courts.ca.gov/documents/adopt310.pdf Alternate Download URLs: https://w…

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  ADOPT-200) (Family Code, §§ 8714.5(d) and 8715): County: Case number: d. Child's Lawyer (If the child has a lawyer, fill out below. If item 2c is yes, child must have a lawyer. See Family Code section 8616.5(d).) Name of child’s lawyer: Address: City: State: Zip: Phone number: State Bar number: 3 The birth re…

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  Does not follow the agreement, and/or Files form ADOPT-315 (to change, end, or enforce this agreement). 3. Before this agreement can be changed by the court, all of the people who signed it have to try to fix any problems with it through a dispute resolution program, like mediation. For your protection and privacy…