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Family Code § 8823

CHAPTER 3. Independent Adoptions

Current as of September 28, 2026Fam. Code, § 8823Official source ↗

Enacted by Stats. 1992, Ch. 162, Sec. 10. Operative January 1, 1994.

The prospective adoptive parents and the child proposed to be adopted shall appear before the court pursuant to Sections 8612 and 8613.