{"code":"FAM","codeName":"Family Code","section":"8611","citation":"Fam. Code, § 8611","status":"in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"DIVISION 13. ADOPTION [8500. - 9340.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/family-code/division-13"},{"name":"PART 2. ADOPTION OF UNMARRIED MINORS [8600. - 9212.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/family-code/division-13/part-2"},{"name":"CHAPTER 1. General Provisions [8600. - 8626.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/family-code/division-13/part-2/chapter-1"}],"history":"Enacted by Stats. 1992, Ch. 162, Sec. 10.   Operative January 1, 1994.","effective":null,"html":"<p>All court hearings in an adoption proceeding shall be held in private, and the court shall exclude all persons except the officers of the court, the parties, their witnesses, counsel, and representatives of the agencies present to perform their official duties under the law governing adoptions.</p>","text":"All court hearings in an adoption proceeding shall be held in private, and the court shall exclude all persons except the officers of the court, the parties, their witnesses, counsel, and representatives of the agencies present to perform their official duties under the law governing adoptions.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/family-code/general-provisions-8611","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}