CHAPTER 1. General Provisions [9300. - 9307.]

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

§§ 9300–9307 · 8 sections

• § 9300 (a) An adult may be adopted by another adult, including a stepparent, as provided in this part. (b) A married minor may be adopted in the same manner as an…
• § 9301 A married person who is not lawfully separated from the person’s spouse may not adopt an adult without the consent of the spouse, provided that the spouse is…
• § 9302 (a) A married person who is not lawfully separated from the person’s spouse may not be adopted without the consent of the spouse, provided that the spouse is…
• § 9303 (a) Except as permitted by the court, upon a finding of good cause, a person shall not adopt more than one unrelated adult pursuant to this part within one…
• § 9304 A person adopted pursuant to this part may take the family name of the adoptive parent.
• § 9305 After adoption, the adoptee and the adoptive parent or parents shall sustain towards each other the legal relationship of parent and child and have all the…
• § 9306 (a) Except as provided in subdivisions (b) and (c), the birth parents of a person adopted pursuant to this part are, from the time of the adoption, relieved of…
• § 9307 A hearing with regard to adoption under Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 9320) or termination of a parent and child relationship under Chapter 3 (commencing…