CHAPTER 2. Agency Adoptions

Chapter 2 enacted by Stats. 1992, Ch. 162, Sec. 10.

§§ 8700–8720 · 30 sections

§ 8700 (a) Either birth parent may relinquish a child to the department, county adoption agency, or licensed adoption agency for adoption by a written statement…
§ 8700.5 (a) A relinquishing birth parent may elect to sign a waiver of the right to revoke relinquishment in the presence of any of the following: (1) A representative…
§ 8701 At or before the time a relinquishment is signed, the department, county adoption agency, or licensed adoption agency shall advise the birth parent signing the…
§ 8702 (a) The department shall adopt a statement to be presented to the birth parents at the time a relinquishment is signed and to prospective adoptive parents at…
§ 8703 When the parental rights of a birth parent are terminated pursuant to Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 7660) of Part 3 of Division 12 or Part 4 (commencing…
§ 8704 (a) The department, county adoption agency, or licensed adoption agency to which a child has been freed for adoption by either relinquishment or termination of…
§ 8704.5 (a) A foster care license or certification or resource family approval shall not be required for placement of a nondependent child who is relinquished for…
§ 8705 (a) Where a child is in the custody of a public agency or licensed adoption agency, if it is established that the persons whose consent to the adoption is…
§ 8706 (a) An agency may not place a child for adoption unless a written report on the child’s medical background and, if available, the medical background of the…
§ 8707 (a) The department shall establish a statewide photo-listing service to serve all county adoption agencies and licensed adoption agencies in the state as a…
§ 8707.1 (a) The agency responsible for recruitment of potential adoptive parents shall make diligent efforts to recruit individuals who reflect the ethnic, racial, and…
§ 8708 (a) The adoption agency to which a child has been freed for adoption by either relinquishment or termination of parental rights shall not do any of the…
§ 8709 (a) The department, county adoption agency, or licensed adoption agency to which a child has been freed for adoption by either relinquishment or termination of…
§ 8710 (a) If a child is being considered for adoption, the department, county adoption agency, or licensed adoption agency shall first consider adoptive placement in…
§ 8710.1 If there is not an adoptive placement plan for a child with an approved adoptive family, as defined in subdivision (c) of Section 8708, within the…
§ 8710.2 In order to preclude the delays or denials described in paragraph (3) of subdivision (a) of Section 8708, the department shall establish a statewide exchange…
§ 8710.3 If the department, county adoption agency, or licensed adoption agency has approved a family for adoption pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 8708 and that…
§ 8710.4 (a) The department shall ensure that information regarding families and children registered with the statewide exchange system described in Section 8710.2 is…
§ 8711 Sections 8708 to 8710.4, inclusive, apply only in determining the placement of a child who has been relinquished for adoption or has been declared free from…
§ 8711.5 The department shall adopt regulations to administer the provisions of Sections 8708 to 8711, inclusive.
§ 8712 (a) (1) The department, county adoption agency, or licensed adoption agency shall require each person who files an application for adoption to be fingerprinted…
§ 8713 (a) In no event may a child who has been freed for adoption be removed from the county in which the child was placed, by any person who has not petitioned to…
§ 8714 (a) A person desiring to adopt a nondependent child may for that purpose file an adoption request in a county authorized by Section 8609.5. A person desiring…
§ 8714.5 (a) The Legislature finds and declares the following: (1) It is the intent of the Legislature to expedite legal permanency for children who cannot return to…
§ 8715 (a) The department, county adoption agency, or licensed adoption agency, whichever is a party to, or joins in, the petition, shall submit a full report of the…
§ 8716 Where a petition is filed for the adoption of a child who has been placed for adoption by a county adoption agency, licensed county adoption agency, or the…
§ 8717 When any report or findings are submitted to the court by the department, county adoption agency, or licensed adoption agency, a copy of the report or…
§ 8718 The prospective adoptive parents and the child proposed to be adopted shall appear before the court pursuant to Sections 8612 and 8613.
§ 8719 If the petitioners move to withdraw the adoption petition or to dismiss the proceeding, the court clerk shall immediately notify the department at Sacramento…
§ 8720 (a) If the department, county adoption agency, or licensed adoption agency finds that the home of the petitioners is not suitable for the child or that the…