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CA Fam Code § 9000 (2021)
2021 California Code|Family Code - FAM|DIVISION 13 - ADOPTION|PART 2 - ADOPTION OF UNMARRIED MINORS|CHAPTER 5 - Stepparent Adoptions|Section 9000.

9000.  (a) A stepparent desiring to adopt a child of the stepparent’s spouse may for that purpose file a petition in the county in which the petitioner resides.(b) A domestic partner, as defined in Section 297, desiring to adopt a child of the other domestic partner may, for that purpose, file a petition in the county in which the petitioner resides.(c) The caption of the adoption petition shall contain the names of the petitioners, but not the child’s name. The petition shall state the child’s sex and date of birth and the name the child had before adoption.(d) If the child is the subject of a guardianship petition, the adoption petition shall so state and shall include the caption and docket number or have attached a copy of the letters of the guardianship or temporary guardianship. The petitioners shall notify the court of any petition for guardianship or temporary guardianship filed after the adoption petition. The guardianship proceeding shall be consolidated with the adoption proceeding.(e) The order of adoption shall contain the child’s adopted name, but not the name the child had before adoption.(f) If the petitioner has entered into a postadoption contact agreement with the birth parent as set forth in Section 8616.5, the agreement, signed by the participating parties, shall be attached to and filed with the petition for adoption.(g) For the purposes of this chapter, stepparent adoption includes adoption by a domestic partner, as defined in Section 297.(Amended by Stats. 2019, Ch. 115, Sec. 133. (AB 1817) Effective January 1, 2020.)
CA Fam Code § 9000.5 (2021)
2021 California Code|Family Code - FAM|DIVISION 13 - ADOPTION|PART 2 - ADOPTION OF UNMARRIED MINORS|CHAPTER 5 - Stepparent Adoptions|Section 9000.5.

9000.5.  (a) The procedures provided in this section apply to a stepparent adoption where the child was born during the marriage or domestic partnership, including a registered domestic partnership or civil union from another jurisdiction, and either of the following circumstances applies:(1) One of the spouses or partners gave birth to the child.(2) The child was born through a gestational surrogacy process brought about by one or both of the spouses or partners, and the parentage of only one spouse or partner was established pursuant to the Uniform Parentage Act (Part 3 (commencing with Section 7600) of Division 12) or another parentage proceeding related to the surrogacy.(b) (1) The following are not required in stepparent adoptions under this section unless otherwise ordered by the court for good cause:(A) A home investigation pursuant to Section 9001 or a home study.(B) Costs incurred pursuant to Section 9002.(C) A hearing pursuant to Section 9007.(2) In stepparent adoptions under this section, the parties shall not be required to have been married or in a domestic partnership, including a registered domestic partnership or civil union from another jurisdiction, for a minimum period of time prior to the adoption being granted or to provide verification of their income or education.(c) For stepparent adoptions filed under this section, the following shall be filed with the petition for adoption:(1) A copy of the parties’ marriage certificate, registered domestic partner certificate, or civil union from another jurisdiction.(2) A copy of the child’s birth certificate.(3) Declarations by the parent who gave birth, or who caused the birth through gestational surrogacy, and the spouse or partner who is adopting explaining the circumstances of the child’s conception in detail sufficient to identify whether there may be other persons with a claim to parentage of the child who are required to be provided notice of, or who must consent to, the adoption.(d) The court may order a hearing to ascertain whether there are additional persons who must be provided notice of, or who must consent to, the adoption if it appears from the face of the pleadings and the evidence that proper notice or consent have not been provided.(e) The court shall grant the stepparent adoption under this section upon finding both of the following:(1) That the parent who gave birth, or who caused the birth through gestational surrogacy, and the spouse or partner who is adopting were married or in a domestic partnership, including a registered domestic partnership or civil union from another jurisdiction, at the time of the child’s birth.(2) Any other person with a claim to parentage of the child who is required to be provided notice of, or who must consent to, the adoption has been noticed or provided consent to the adoption.(Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 199, Sec. 1. (AB 746) Effective January 1, 2022.)
CA Fam Code § 9001 (2021)
2021 California Code|Family Code - FAM|DIVISION 13 - ADOPTION|PART 2 - ADOPTION OF UNMARRIED MINORS|CHAPTER 5 - Stepparent Adoptions|Section 9001.

9001.  (a) Except as provided in Section 9000.5, before granting or denying a stepparent adoption request, the court shall review and consider a written investigative report. The report in a stepparent adoption case shall not require a home study unless so ordered by the court upon request of an investigator or interested person, or on the court’s own motion. “Home study” as used in this section means a physical investigation of the premises where the child is residing.(b) At the time of filing the adoption request, the petitioner shall inform the court in writing if the petitioner is electing to have the investigation and written report completed by a licensed clinical social worker, a licensed marriage and family therapist, a licensed professional clinical counselor, or a private licensed adoption agency, in which cases the petitioner shall not be required to pay an investigation fee pursuant to Section 9002 at the time of filing, but shall pay these fees directly to the investigator. Absent that notification, the court may, at the time of filing, collect an investigation fee pursuant to Section 9002, and may assign one of the following to complete the investigation: a probation officer, a qualified court investigator, or the county welfare department, if so authorized by the board of supervisors of the county where the action is pending.(c) If a private licensed adoption agency conducts the investigation, it shall assign the investigation to a licensed clinical social worker, licensed professional clinical counselor, or licensed marriage and family therapist associated with the agency. A grievance regarding the investigation shall be directed to the licensing authority of the clinical social worker, licensed professional clinical counselor, or marriage and family therapist, as applicable.(d) This section does not require the State Department of Social Services to issue regulations for stepparent adoptions.(Amended by Stats. 2018, Ch. 389, Sec. 17. (AB 2296) Effective January 1, 2019.)
CA Fam Code § 9002 (2021)
2021 California Code|Family Code - FAM|DIVISION 13 - ADOPTION|PART 2 - ADOPTION OF UNMARRIED MINORS|CHAPTER 5 - Stepparent Adoptions|Section 9002.

9002.  Except as provided in Section 9000.5, in a stepparent adoption, the prospective adoptive parent is liable for all reasonable costs incurred in connection with the stepparent adoption, including, but not limited to, costs incurred for the investigation required by Section 9001, up to a maximum of seven hundred dollars ($700). The court, probation officer, qualified court investigator, or county welfare department may defer, waive, or reduce the fee if its payment would cause economic hardship to the prospective adoptive parent detrimental to the welfare of the adopted child.(Amended by Stats. 2014, Ch. 636, Sec. 5. (AB 2344) Effective January 1, 2015.)
CA Fam Code § 9003 (2021)
2021 California Code|Family Code - FAM|DIVISION 13 - ADOPTION|PART 2 - ADOPTION OF UNMARRIED MINORS|CHAPTER 5 - Stepparent Adoptions|Section 9003.

9003.  (a) In a stepparent adoption, the consent of either or both birth parents shall be signed in the presence of a notary public, court clerk, probation officer, qualified court investigator, authorized representative of a licensed adoption agency, or county welfare department staff member of any county of this state. The petitioner, petitioner’s counsel, or person before whom the consent is signed shall immediately file the consent with the clerk of the court where the adoption request is filed. If the request has not been filed at the time the consent has been signed, the consent shall be filed simultaneously with the adoption request. Upon filing of the adoption request, the clerk shall immediately notify the probation officer or, at the option of the board of supervisors, the county welfare department of that county.(b) If the birth parent of a child to be adopted is outside this state at the time of signing the consent, the consent may be signed before an authorized representative of an adoption agency licensed in the state or country where the consent is being signed, a notary, or other person authorized to perform notarial acts.(c) The consent, when reciting that the person giving it is entitled to sole custody of the child and when acknowledged before any authorized witness specified in subdivision (a), is prima facie evidence of the right of the person signing the consent to the sole custody of the child and that person’s sole right to consent.(d) A birth parent who is a minor has the right to sign a consent for the adoption of the birth parent’s child and the consent is not subject to revocation by reason of the minority.(Amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 462, Sec. 8. (AB 687) Effective January 1, 2012.)
CA Fam Code § 9004 (2021)
2021 California Code|Family Code - FAM|DIVISION 13 - ADOPTION|PART 2 - ADOPTION OF UNMARRIED MINORS|CHAPTER 5 - Stepparent Adoptions|Section 9004.

9004.  In a stepparent adoption, the form prescribed by the department for the consent of the birth parent shall contain substantially the following notice:“Notice to the parent who gives the child for adoption: If you and your child lived together at any time as parent and child, the adoption of your child through a stepparent adoption does not affect the child’s right to inherit your property or the property of other blood relatives.”(Amended by Stats. 2001, Ch. 893, Sec. 7. Effective January 1, 2002.)
CA Fam Code § 9005 (2021)
2021 California Code|Family Code - FAM|DIVISION 13 - ADOPTION|PART 2 - ADOPTION OF UNMARRIED MINORS|CHAPTER 5 - Stepparent Adoptions|Section 9005.

9005.  (a) Consent of the birth parent to the adoption of the child through a stepparent adoption may not be withdrawn except with court approval. Request for that approval may be made by motion, or a birth parent seeking to withdraw consent may file with the clerk of the court where the adoption petition is pending, a petition for approval of withdrawal of consent, without the necessity of paying a fee for filing the petition. The petition or motion shall be in writing, and shall set forth the reasons for withdrawal of consent, but otherwise may be in any form.(b) The court clerk shall set the matter for hearing and shall give notice thereof to the probation officer, qualified court investigator, or county welfare department, to the prospective adoptive parent, and to the birth parent or parents by certified mail, return receipt requested, to the address of each as shown in the proceeding, at least 10 days before the time set for hearing.(c) The probation officer, qualified court investigator, or county welfare department shall, before the hearing of the motion or petition for withdrawal, file a full report with the court and shall appear at the hearing to represent the interests of the child.(d) At the hearing, the parties may appear in person or with counsel. The hearing shall be held in chambers, but the court reporter shall report the proceedings and, on court order, the fee therefor shall be paid from the county treasury. If the court finds that withdrawal of the consent to adoption is reasonable in view of all the circumstances and that withdrawal of the consent is in the child’s best interest, the court shall approve the withdrawal of the consent. Otherwise the court shall withhold its approval. Consideration of the child’s best interest shall include, but is not limited to, an assessment of the child’s age, the extent of bonding with the prospective adoptive parent, the extent of bonding or the potential to bond with the birth parent, and the ability of the birth parent to provide adequate and proper care and guidance to the child. If the court approves the withdrawal of consent, the adoption proceeding shall be dismissed.(e) A court order granting or withholding approval of a withdrawal of consent to an adoption may be appealed in the same manner as an order of the juvenile court declaring a person to be a ward of the juvenile court.(Amended by Stats. 2001, Ch. 893, Sec. 8. Effective January 1, 2002.)
CA Fam Code § 9006 (2021)
2021 California Code|Family Code - FAM|DIVISION 13 - ADOPTION|PART 2 - ADOPTION OF UNMARRIED MINORS|CHAPTER 5 - Stepparent Adoptions|Section 9006.

9006.  (a) If the petitioner moves to withdraw the adoption petition or to dismiss the proceeding, the court clerk shall immediately notify the probation officer, qualified court investigator, or county welfare department of the action, unless a home investigation was not required pursuant to Section 9000.5.(b) If a birth parent has refused to give the required consent, the adoption petition shall be dismissed.(Amended by Stats. 2014, Ch. 636, Sec. 6. (AB 2344) Effective January 1, 2015.)
CA Fam Code § 9007 (2021)
2021 California Code|Family Code - FAM|DIVISION 13 - ADOPTION|PART 2 - ADOPTION OF UNMARRIED MINORS|CHAPTER 5 - Stepparent Adoptions|Section 9007.

9007.  Except as provided in Section 9000.5, the prospective adoptive parent and the child proposed to be adopted shall appear before the court pursuant to Sections 8612, 8613, and 8613.5.(Amended by Stats. 2014, Ch. 636, Sec. 7. (AB 2344) Effective January 1, 2015.)
CA Fam Code § 9100 (2021)
2021 California Code|Family Code - FAM|DIVISION 13 - ADOPTION|PART 2 - ADOPTION OF UNMARRIED MINORS|CHAPTER 6 - Vacation of Adoption|Section 9100.

9100.  (a) If a child adopted pursuant to the law of this state shows evidence of a developmental disability or mental illness as a result of conditions existing before the adoption to an extent that the child cannot be relinquished to an adoption agency on the grounds that the child is considered unadoptable, and of which conditions the adoptive parents or parent had no knowledge or notice before the entry of the order of adoption, a petition setting forth those facts may be filed by the adoptive parents or parent with the court that granted the adoption petition. If these facts are proved to the satisfaction of the court, it may make an order setting aside the order of adoption.(b) The petition shall be filed within five years after the entry of the order of adoption.(c) The court clerk shall immediately notify the department at Sacramento of the petition. Within 60 days after the notice, the department shall file a full report with the court and shall appear before the court for the purpose of representing the adopted child.(Enacted by Stats. 1992, Ch. 162, Sec. 10. Operative January 1, 1994.)
CA Fam Code § 9101 (2021)
2021 California Code|Family Code - FAM|DIVISION 13 - ADOPTION|PART 2 - ADOPTION OF UNMARRIED MINORS|CHAPTER 6 - Vacation of Adoption|Section 9101.

9101.  (a) If an order of adoption is set aside as provided in Section 9100, the court making the order shall direct the district attorney, the county counsel, or the county welfare department to take appropriate action under the Welfare and Institutions Code. The court may also make any order relative to the care, custody, or confinement of the child pending the proceeding the court sees fit.(b) The county in which the proceeding for adoption was had is liable for the child’s support until the child is able to be self-supporting.(Amended by Stats. 2019, Ch. 115, Sec. 134. (AB 1817) Effective January 1, 2020.)
CA Fam Code § 9102 (2021)
2021 California Code|Family Code - FAM|DIVISION 13 - ADOPTION|PART 2 - ADOPTION OF UNMARRIED MINORS|CHAPTER 6 - Vacation of Adoption|Section 9102.

9102.  (a) Except as provided in Section 9100, an action or proceeding of any kind to vacate, set aside, or otherwise nullify an order of adoption on any ground, except fraud, shall be commenced within one year after entry of the order.(b) Except as provided in Section 9100, an action or proceeding of any kind to vacate, set aside, or nullify an order of adoption, based on fraud, shall be commenced within three years after entry of the order, or within 90 days of discovery of the fraud, whichever is earlier.(c) In any action to set aside an order of adoption pursuant to this section or Section 9100, the court shall first determine whether the facts presented are legally sufficient to set aside the order of adoption. If the facts are not legally sufficient, the petition shall be denied. If the facts are legally sufficient, the court’s final ruling on the matter shall take into consideration the best interests of the child, in conjunction with all other factors required by law.(d) The department shall not be required under any circumstances to investigate a petition filed pursuant to this section or to represent a child who is the subject of a proceeding under this section.(Amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 462, Sec. 9. (AB 687) Effective January 1, 2012.)
CA Fam Code § 9200 (2021)
2021 California Code|Family Code - FAM|DIVISION 13 - ADOPTION|PART 2 - ADOPTION OF UNMARRIED MINORS|CHAPTER 7 - Disclosure of Information|Section 9200.

9200.  (a) The petition, relinquishment or consent, agreement, order, report to the court from any investigating agency, and any power of attorney and deposition filed in the office of the clerk of the court pursuant to this part is not open to inspection by any person other than the parties to the proceeding and their attorneys and the department, except upon the written authority of the judge of the superior court. A judge of the superior court may not authorize anyone to inspect the petition, relinquishment or consent, agreement, order, report to the court from any investigating agency, or power of attorney or deposition or any portion of any of these documents, except in exceptional circumstances and for good cause approaching the necessitous. The petitioner may be required to pay the expenses for preparing the copies of the documents to be inspected.(b) Upon written request of any party to the proceeding and upon the order of any judge of the superior court, the clerk of the court shall not provide any documents referred to in this section for inspection or copying to any other person, unless the name of the child’s birth parents or any information tending to identify the child’s birth parents is deleted from the documents or copies thereof.(c) Upon the request of the adoptive parents or the child, a clerk of the court may issue a certificate of adoption that states the date and place of adoption, the child’s birth date, the names of the adoptive parents, and the name the child has taken. Unless the child has been adopted by a stepparent, the certificate shall not state the name of the child’s birth parents.(Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 784, Sec. 114. Effective January 1, 2003.)
CA Fam Code § 9201 (2021)
2021 California Code|Family Code - FAM|DIVISION 13 - ADOPTION|PART 2 - ADOPTION OF UNMARRIED MINORS|CHAPTER 7 - Disclosure of Information|Section 9201.

9201.  (a) Except as otherwise permitted or required by statute, neither the department nor a licensed adoption agency shall release information that would identify persons who receive, or have received, adoption services.(b) Employees of the department and licensed adoption agencies shall release to the department at Sacramento any requested information, including identifying information, for the purposes of recordkeeping and monitoring, evaluation, and regulation of the provision of adoption services.(c) Prior to the placement of a child for adoption, the department or licensed adoption agency may, upon the written request of both a birth and a prospective adoptive parent, arrange for contact between these birth and prospective adoptive parents that may include the sharing of identifying information regarding these parents.(d) The department and any licensed adoption agency may, upon written authorization for the release of specified information by the subject of that information, share information regarding a prospective adoptive parent or birth parent with other social service agencies, including the department, other licensed adoption agencies, counties or licensed foster family agencies for purposes of approving a resource family pursuant to subparagraph (A) of paragraph (4) of subdivision (p) of Section 16519.5 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, or providers of health care as defined in Section 56.05 of the Civil Code.(e) Notwithstanding any other law, the department and any licensed adoption agency may furnish information relating to an adoption petition or to a child in the custody of the department or any licensed adoption agency to the juvenile court, county welfare department, public welfare agency, private welfare agency licensed by the department, provider of foster care services, potential adoptive parent, or provider of health care as defined in Section 56.05 of the Civil Code, if it is believed the child’s welfare will be promoted thereby.(f) The department and any licensed adoption agency may make adoption case records, including identifying information, available for research purposes, provided that the research will not result in the disclosure of the identity of the child or the parties to the adoption to anyone other than the entity conducting the research.(Amended by Stats. 2016, Ch. 612, Sec. 11. (AB 1997) Effective January 1, 2017.)
CA Fam Code § 9202 (2021)
2021 California Code|Family Code - FAM|DIVISION 13 - ADOPTION|PART 2 - ADOPTION OF UNMARRIED MINORS|CHAPTER 7 - Disclosure of Information|Section 9202.

9202.  (a) Notwithstanding any other law, the department or licensed adoption agency that made a medical report required by Section 8706, 8817, or 8909 shall provide a copy of the medical report, in the manner the department prescribes by regulation, to any of the following persons upon the person’s request:(1) A person who has been adopted pursuant to this part and who has attained the age of 18 years or who presents a certified copy of the person’s marriage certificate.(2) The adoptive parent of a person under the age of 18 years who has been adopted pursuant to this part.(b) A person who is denied access to a medical report pursuant to regulations adopted pursuant to this section may petition the court for review of the reasonableness of the department’s or licensed adoption agency’s decision.(c) The names and addresses of any persons contained in the report shall be removed unless the person requesting the report has previously received the information.(Amended by Stats. 2000, Ch. 910, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 2001.)