Family Code § 9204

CHAPTER 7. Disclosure of Information

Current as of September 28, 2026Fam. Code, § 9204Official source ↗Ask about this

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

(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.