{"code":"FAM","codeName":"Family Code","section":"9204","citation":"Fam. Code, § 9204","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 7. Disclosure of Information [9200. - 9209.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/family-code/division-13/part-2/chapter-7"}],"history":"Enacted by Stats. 1992, Ch. 162, Sec. 10.   Operative January 1, 1994.","effective":null,"html":"<p>(a) Notwithstanding any other law, if an adult adoptee and the adult adoptee’s birth parents have each filed a written consent with the department or licensed adoption agency, the department or licensed adoption agency may arrange for contact between those persons. Neither the department nor a licensed adoption agency may solicit, directly or indirectly, the execution of a written consent.</p><p>(b) The written consent authorized by this section shall be in a form prescribed by the department.</p>","text":"(a) Notwithstanding any other law, if an adult adoptee and the adult adoptee’s birth parents have each filed a written consent with the department or licensed adoption agency, the department or licensed adoption agency may arrange for contact between those persons. Neither the department nor a licensed adoption agency may solicit, directly or indirectly, the execution of a written consent. (b) The written consent authorized by this section shall be in a form prescribed by the department.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/family-code/disclosure-of-information-9204","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}