CHAPTER 1. General Provisions

Chapter 1 enacted by Stats. 1992, Ch. 162, Sec. 10.

§§ 8600–8626 · 35 sections

§ 8600 An unmarried minor may be adopted by an adult as provided in this part.
§ 8600.5 Tribal customary adoption as defined in Section 366.24 of the Welfare and Institutions Code and as applied to Indian Children who are dependents of the court,…
§ 8601 (a) Except as otherwise provided in subdivision (b), a prospective adoptive parent or parents shall be at least 10 years older than the child. (b) If the court…
§ 8601.5 (a) A court may issue an order of adoption and declare that it shall be entered nunc pro tunc when it will serve public policy and the best interests of the…
§ 8602 The consent of a child, if over the age of 12 years, is necessary to the child’s adoption.
§ 8603 (a) A married person, not lawfully separated from the person’s spouse, shall not adopt a child without the consent of the spouse, provided that the spouse is…
§ 8604 (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), a child having a presumed father under Section 7611 shall not be adopted without the consent of the child’s birth…
§ 8605 A child not having a presumed father under Section 7611 may not be adopted without the consent of the child’s mother, if living.
§ 8606 Notwithstanding Sections 8604 and 8605, the consent of a birth parent is not necessary in the following cases: (a) Where the birth parent has been judicially…
§ 8606.5 (a) Notwithstanding any other section in this part, and in accordance with Section 1913 of the Indian Child Welfare Act (25 U.S.C. Sec. 1901 et seq.), consent…
§ 8607 All forms adopted by the department authorizing the release of an infant from a health facility to the custody of persons other than the person entitled to…
§ 8608 (a) The department shall adopt regulations specifying the form and content of the reports required by Sections 8706, 8817, and 8909. In addition to any other…
§ 8609 (a) Any person or organization that advertises in any periodical or newspaper, by radio, or other public medium, that the person or organization will place…
§ 8609.5 An adoption request for the adoption or readoption of a nondependent minor may be filed with the court in the county in which one of the following applies: (a)…
§ 8610 (a) The petitioners in a proceeding for adoption of a child shall file with the court a full accounting report of all disbursements of anything of value made…
§ 8611 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,…
§ 8612 (a) The court shall examine all persons appearing before it pursuant to this part. The examination of each person shall be conducted separately but within the…
§ 8613 (a) If the prospective adoptive parent is commissioned or enlisted in the military service, or auxiliary thereof, of the United States, or of any of its…
§ 8613.5 (a) (1) If it is impossible or impracticable for either prospective adoptive parent to make an appearance in person, and the circumstances are established by…
§ 8613.7 On and after January 1, 2014, the court shall provide to any petitioner for adoption pursuant to this part a notice informing the petitioner that they may be…
§ 8614 Upon the request of the adoptive parents or the adopted child, a clerk of the superior court may issue a certificate of adoption that states the date and place…
§ 8615 (a) Notwithstanding any other law, an action may be brought in the county in which the petitioner resides for the purpose of obtaining for a child adopted by…
§ 8616 After adoption, the adopted child and the adoptive parents shall sustain towards each other the legal relationship of parent and child and have all the rights…
§ 8616.5 (a) The Legislature finds and declares that some adoptive children may benefit from either direct or indirect contact with birth relatives, including the birth…
§ 8617 (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), the existing parent or parents of an adopted child are, from the time of the adoption, relieved of all parental…
§ 8618 A child adopted pursuant to this part may take the family name of the adoptive parent.
§ 8619 The department shall adopt rules and regulations it determines are reasonably necessary to ensure that the birth parent or parents of Indian ancestry, seeking…
§ 8619.5 Whenever a final decree of adoption of an Indian child has been vacated or set aside or the adoptive parent voluntary consents to termination of parental…
§ 8620 (a) (1) If a parent is seeking to relinquish a child pursuant to Section 8700 or execute an adoption placement agreement pursuant to Section 8801.3, the…
§ 8621 (a) The department shall adopt regulations regarding the provision of adoption services by the department, county adoption agencies, licensed adoption…
§ 8622 A licensed private adoption agency whose services are limited to a particular target population shall inform all birth parents and prospective adoptive parents…
§ 8623 Notwithstanding any other law, all adoption facilitators registered with the department on its statewide registry as of July 1, 2023, shall cease operation in…
§ 8624 (a) A person aggrieved by a violation of Section 8609 may bring a civil action for damages, rescission, injunctive relief, or any other civil or equitable…
§ 8625 (a) The department shall create a section on its internet website dedicated to educating the public on unlicensed adoption agencies. The section shall include…
§ 8626 Notwithstanding any other law, an adoption order issued pursuant to this part shall include the names of the adoptive parent or parents and any existing parent…