PART 1. DEFINITIONS
Part 1 enacted by Stats. 1992, Ch. 162, Sec. 10.
§§ 8500–8548 · 20 sections
- § 8500 Unless the provision or context otherwise requires, the definitions in this part govern the construction of this division.
- § 8502 (a) “Adoption service provider” means any of the following: (1) A licensed private adoption agency. (2) An individual who has presented satisfactory evidence…
- § 8503 “Adoptive parent” means a person who has obtained an order of adoption of a minor child or, in the case of an adult adoption, an adult.
- § 8506 “Agency adoption” means the adoption of a minor, other than an intercountry adoption, in which the department, county adoption agency, or licensed adoption…
- § 8509 “Applicant” means a person who has submitted a written application to adopt a child from the department, county adoption agency, or licensed adoption agency…
- § 8512 “Birth parent” means the biological parent or, in the case of a person previously adopted, the adoptive parent.
- § 8513 “County adoption agency” means an adoption agency operated by a county or consortium of counties.
- § 8514 “Days” means calendar days, unless otherwise specified.
- § 8515 “Delegated county adoption agency” means a county adoption agency that has agreed to provide the services described in Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 8800)…
- § 8518 “Department” means the State Department of Social Services.
- § 8521 (a) “Full-service adoption agency” means a licensed or authorized entity engaged in the business of providing adoption services, that does all of the…
- § 8524 “Independent adoption” means the adoption of a child in which neither the department, county adoption agency, nor agency licensed by the department is a party…
- § 8527 “Intercountry adoption” means the adoption of a foreign-born child for whom federal law makes a special immigration visa available. Intercountry adoption…
- § 8530 “Licensed adoption agency” means any agency licensed by the department to provide the adoption services specified in paragraphs (9) and (10) of subdivision (a)…
- § 8533 (a) “Noncustodial adoption agency” means any licensed entity engaged in the business of providing adoption services, which does all of the following: (1)…
- § 8539 “Place for adoption” means, in the case of an independent adoption, the selection of a prospective adoptive parent or parents for a child by the birth parent…
- § 8542 “Prospective adoptive parent” means a person who has filed or intends to file a petition under Part 2 (commencing with Section 8600) to adopt a child who has…
- § 8543 “Qualified court investigator” means a superior court investigator with the same minimum qualifications as a probation officer or county welfare worker…
- § 8545 “Special needs child” means a child for whom all of the following are true: (a) It has been determined that the child cannot or should not be returned to the…
- § 8548 “Stepparent adoption” means an adoption of a child by a stepparent where one birth parent retains custody and control of the child.