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CA Fam Code § 7910 (2021)
2021 California Code|Family Code - FAM|DIVISION 12 - PARENT AND CHILD RELATIONSHIP|PART 5 - INTERSTATE COMPACT ON PLACEMENT OF CHILDREN|Section 7910.

7910.  (a) Approval of an interstate placement of a child for adoption shall not be granted by the Compact Administrator if the placement is in violation of either Section 8801 of this code or Section 273 of the Penal Code.(b) (1) The Compact Administrator shall not submit to a receiving state a request to place a dependent or ward for whom a county child welfare agency or county probation department has placement and care responsibility in an out-of-state residential facility, unless the requirements of Section 7911.1 of this code and Section 361.21 of, or subdivision (b) of Section 727.1 of, the Welfare and Institutions Code are met.(2) For the purpose of this section, an “out-of-state residential facility” is a facility that is located in a state outside of California, is licensed or otherwise approved by the applicable state or tribal authority, and provides an integrated program of specialized and intensive care and supervision, services and supports, treatment, and short-term, 24-hour, trauma-informed care and supervision to children. An out-of-state residential facility may be called another name, including a group home, a residential treatment facility, or a residential care treatment facility.(Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 86, Sec. 4. (AB 153) Effective July 16, 2021.)
CA Fam Code § 7912 (2021)
2021 California Code|Family Code - FAM|DIVISION 12 - PARENT AND CHILD RELATIONSHIP|PART 5 - INTERSTATE COMPACT ON PLACEMENT OF CHILDREN|Section 7912.

7912.  (a) The Legislature finds and declares that the health and safety of children placed in out-of-state residential facilities pursuant to the Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children is a matter of statewide concern. The Legislature therefore affirms its intention that children placed by a county child welfare agency or probation department in out-of-state residential facilities be accorded the same personal rights and safeguards of a child placed in a California licensed short-term residential therapeutic program. This section is in clarification of existing law.(b) (1) On or before September 1, 2021, and each month thereafter, the department shall report to the relevant policy and fiscal committees of the Legislature the number of children placed by a county child welfare agency or probation department in out-of-state residential facilities pursuant to the Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children.(2) On or before January 1, 2022, and every six months thereafter until facilities are decertified and all children returned to California on or before January 1, 2023, the department, in consultation with the counties, shall report to the relevant policy and fiscal committees of the Legislature on the capacity for serving all child welfare and probation-supervised foster children within California or in home-based settings outside of the state. The report shall also include all of the following data, as applicable:(A) The number of children served by out-of-state residential facilities, disaggregated by child welfare services agency and probation department supervision.(B) Data measures related to ongoing transition planning efforts, including child and family team meetings, child-specific recruitment and family finding activities, and multiagency care coordination efforts that occurred for each child before and during placement in the out-of-state residential facility.(C) The lengths of stay of each child placed in an out-of-state residential facility by a California child welfare agency or probation department.(D) The total number of all serious incident reports received regarding out-of-state residential facilities, and descriptions of the types of incidents reported.(E) The total number of serious incident reports received regarding California children placed in out-of-state residential facilities, and descriptions of the types of incidents reported.(3) Reports made pursuant to this subdivision shall not include any demographic data that would permit identification of any child or nonminor dependent.(Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 86, Sec. 9. (AB 153) Effective July 16, 2021.)
CA Fam Code § 7913 (2021)
2021 California Code|Family Code - FAM|DIVISION 12 - PARENT AND CHILD RELATIONSHIP|PART 5 - INTERSTATE COMPACT ON PLACEMENT OF CHILDREN|Section 7913.

7913.  (a) When a full service licensed private adoption agency has provided adoption-related services to a birth parent or prospective adoptive parent, that agency is delegated the authority to determine whether the placement shall or shall not be made pursuant to the Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children, and to sign the compact forms documenting that determination and date of placement.(b) For children entering California in independent adoptions, prior to making a determination regarding placement and as soon as feasible, the private adoption agency shall notify the appropriate district office or delegated county adoption agency of the matter and verify that the preplacement interview of the prospective adoptive parent or parents has been completed.(c) This section shall not apply to a child who is a dependent of the court or a child subject to a petition filed under Section 300 of the Welfare and Institutions Code.(Added by Stats. 2011, Ch. 462, Sec. 5. (AB 687) Effective January 1, 2012.)
CA Fam Code § 7950 (2021)
2021 California Code|Family Code - FAM|DIVISION 12 - PARENT AND CHILD RELATIONSHIP|PART 6 - FOSTER CARE PLACEMENT CONSIDERATIONS|Section 7950.

7950.  (a) With full consideration for the proximity of the natural parents to the placement so as to facilitate visitation and family reunification, when a placement in foster care is being made, the following considerations shall be used:(1) Placement shall, if possible, be made in the home of a relative, unless the placement would not be in the best interest of the child. Diligent efforts shall be made by an agency or entity to which this subdivision applies, to locate an appropriate relative, as defined in paragraph (2) of subdivision (f) of Section 319 of the Welfare and Institutions Code. At any permanency hearing in which the court terminates reunification services, or at any postpermanency hearing for a child not placed for adoption, the court shall find that the agency or entity to which this subdivision applies has made diligent efforts to locate an appropriate relative and that each relative whose name has been submitted to the agency or entity as a possible caretaker, either by the relative or by other persons, has been evaluated as an appropriate placement resource.(2) An agency or entity that receives any state assistance and is involved in foster care placements shall not do either of the following:(A) Deny to any person the opportunity to become a foster parent on the basis of the race, color, or national origin of the person or the child involved.(B) Delay or deny the placement of a child into foster care on the basis of the race, color, or national origin of the foster parent or the child involved.(b) Subdivision (a) does not affect the application of the Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978 (25 U.S.C. Sec. 1901 et seq.).(c) This section does not preclude a search for an appropriate relative being conducted simultaneously with a search for a foster family.(Amended by Stats. 2019, Ch. 115, Sec. 106. (AB 1817) Effective January 1, 2020.)
CA Fam Code § 7951 (2021)
2021 California Code|Family Code - FAM|DIVISION 12 - PARENT AND CHILD RELATIONSHIP|PART 6 - FOSTER CARE PLACEMENT CONSIDERATIONS|Section 7951.

7951.  This part does not apply in determining the foster care setting in which the child may be placed for a period not intended to exceed 30 days.(Repealed and added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 884, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1996.)
CA Fam Code § 7952 (2021)
2021 California Code|Family Code - FAM|DIVISION 12 - PARENT AND CHILD RELATIONSHIP|PART 6 - FOSTER CARE PLACEMENT CONSIDERATIONS|Section 7952.

7952.  A minor 10 years of age or older being considered for placement in a foster home has the right to make a brief statement to the court making a decision on placement. The court may disregard any preferences expressed by the minor. The minor’s right to make a statement is not limited to the initial placement, but continues for any proceedings concerning continued placement or a decision to return to parental custody.(Repealed and added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 884, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1996.)
CA Fam Code § 7960 (2021)
2021 California Code|Family Code - FAM|DIVISION 12 - PARENT AND CHILD RELATIONSHIP|PART 7 - SURROGACY AND DONOR FACILITATORS, ASSISTED REPRODUCTION AGREEMENTS FOR GESTATIONAL CARRIERS, AND OOCYTE DONATIONS|Section 7960.

7960.  For purposes of this part, the following terms have the following meanings:(a) “Assisted reproduction agreement” has the same meaning as defined in subdivision (b) of Section 7606.(b) “Fund management agreement” means the agreement between the intended parents and the surrogacy or donor facilitator relating to the fee or other valuable consideration for services rendered or that will be rendered by the surrogacy or donor facilitator.(c) “Intended parent” means an individual, married or unmarried, who manifests the intent to be legally bound as the parent of a child resulting from assisted reproduction.(d) “Nonattorney surrogacy or donor facilitator” means a surrogacy or donor practitioner who is not an attorney in good standing licensed to practice law in this state.(e) “Surrogacy or donor facilitator” means a person or organization that engages in either of the following activities:(1) Advertising for the purpose of soliciting parties to an assisted reproduction agreement or for the donation of oocytes for use by a person other than the provider of the oocytes, or acting as an intermediary between the parties to an assisted reproduction agreement or oocyte donation.(2) Charging a fee or other valuable consideration for services rendered relating to an assisted reproduction agreement or oocyte donation.(f) “Surrogate” means a woman who bears and carries a child for another through medically assisted reproduction and pursuant to a written agreement, as set forth in Sections 7606 and 7962. Within the definition of surrogate are two different and distinct types:(1) “Traditional surrogate” means a woman who agrees to gestate an embryo, in which the woman is the gamete donor and the embryo was created using the sperm of the intended father or a donor arranged by the intended parent or parents.(2) “Gestational carrier” means a woman who is not an intended parent and who agrees to gestate a genetically unrelated embryo pursuant to an assisted reproduction agreement.(g) “Donor” means a woman who provides oocytes for use by another for the purpose of assisting the recipient of the oocytes in having a child or children.(Amended by Stats. 2019, Ch. 115, Sec. 107. (AB 1817) Effective January 1, 2020.)
CA Fam Code § 7961 (2021)
2021 California Code|Family Code - FAM|DIVISION 12 - PARENT AND CHILD RELATIONSHIP|PART 7 - SURROGACY AND DONOR FACILITATORS, ASSISTED REPRODUCTION AGREEMENTS FOR GESTATIONAL CARRIERS, AND OOCYTE DONATIONS|Section 7961.

7961.  (a) A nonattorney surrogacy or donor facilitator shall direct the client to deposit all client funds into either of the following:(1) An independent, bonded escrow depository maintained by a licensed, independent, bonded escrow company.(2) A trust account maintained by an attorney.(b) For purposes of this section, a nonattorney surrogacy or donor facilitator may not have a financial interest in any escrow company holding client funds. A nonattorney surrogacy or donor facilitator and any of its directors or employees shall not be an agent of any escrow company holding client funds.(c) Client funds may only be disbursed by the attorney or escrow agent as set forth in the assisted reproduction agreement and fund management agreement.(d) This section shall not apply to funds that are both of the following:(1) Not provided for in the fund management agreement.(2) Paid directly to a medical doctor for medical services or a psychologist for psychological services.(Amended by Stats. 2015, Ch. 91, Sec. 4. (AB 1049) Effective January 1, 2016.)
CA Fam Code § 8500 (2021)
2021 California Code|Family Code - FAM|DIVISION 13 - ADOPTION|PART 1 - DEFINITIONS|Section 8500.

8500.  Unless the provision or context otherwise requires, the definitions in this part govern the construction of this division.(Enacted by Stats. 1992, Ch. 162, Sec. 10. Operative January 1, 1994.)
CA Fam Code § 8503 (2021)
2021 California Code|Family Code - FAM|DIVISION 13 - ADOPTION|PART 1 - DEFINITIONS|Section 8503.

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.(Enacted by Stats. 1992, Ch. 162, Sec. 10. Operative January 1, 1994.)
CA Fam Code § 8506 (2021)
2021 California Code|Family Code - FAM|DIVISION 13 - ADOPTION|PART 1 - DEFINITIONS|Section 8506.

8506.  “Agency adoption” means the adoption of a minor, other than an intercountry adoption, in which the department, county adoption agency, or licensed adoption agency is a party to, or joins in, the adoption petition.(Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 35, Sec. 2. (SB 1013) Effective June 27, 2012.)
CA Fam Code § 8509 (2021)
2021 California Code|Family Code - FAM|DIVISION 13 - ADOPTION|PART 1 - DEFINITIONS|Section 8509.

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 and who is being considered by the adoption agency for the adoptive placement of a child.(Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 35, Sec. 3. (SB 1013) Effective June 27, 2012.)
CA Fam Code § 8512 (2021)
2021 California Code|Family Code - FAM|DIVISION 13 - ADOPTION|PART 1 - DEFINITIONS|Section 8512.

8512.  “Birth parent” means the biological parent or, in the case of a person previously adopted, the adoptive parent.(Enacted by Stats. 1992, Ch. 162, Sec. 10. Operative January 1, 1994.)
CA Fam Code § 8513 (2021)
2021 California Code|Family Code - FAM|DIVISION 13 - ADOPTION|PART 1 - DEFINITIONS|Section 8513.

8513.  “County adoption agency” means an adoption agency operated by a county or consortium of counties.(Added by Stats. 2012, Ch. 35, Sec. 4. (SB 1013) Effective June 27, 2012.)
CA Fam Code § 8514 (2021)
2021 California Code|Family Code - FAM|DIVISION 13 - ADOPTION|PART 1 - DEFINITIONS|Section 8514.

8514.  “Days” means calendar days, unless otherwise specified.(Added by Stats. 1994, Ch. 585, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1995.)
CA Fam Code § 8515 (2021)
2021 California Code|Family Code - FAM|DIVISION 13 - ADOPTION|PART 1 - DEFINITIONS|Section 8515.

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) of Part 2.(Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 35, Sec. 5. (SB 1013) Effective June 27, 2012.)
CA Fam Code § 8518 (2021)
2021 California Code|Family Code - FAM|DIVISION 13 - ADOPTION|PART 1 - DEFINITIONS|Section 8518.

8518.  “Department” means the State Department of Social Services.(Enacted by Stats. 1992, Ch. 162, Sec. 10. Operative January 1, 1994.)
CA Fam Code § 8521 (2021)
2021 California Code|Family Code - FAM|DIVISION 13 - ADOPTION|PART 1 - DEFINITIONS|Section 8521.

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 following:(1) Assumes care, custody, and control of a child through relinquishment of the child to the agency or involuntary termination of parental rights to the child.(2) Assesses the birth parents, prospective adoptive parents, or child.(3) Places children for adoption.(4) Supervises adoptive placements.(b) Private full-service adoption agencies shall be organized and operated on a nonprofit basis. As a condition of licensure to provide intercountry adoption services, a private full-service adoption agency shall be accredited by the Council on Accreditation, or supervised by an accredited primary provider, or acting as an exempted provider, in compliance with Subpart F (commencing with Section 96.29) of Part 96 of Title 22 of the Code of Federal Regulations.(Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 35, Sec. 6. (SB 1013) Effective June 27, 2012.)
CA Fam Code § 8524 (2021)
2021 California Code|Family Code - FAM|DIVISION 13 - ADOPTION|PART 1 - DEFINITIONS|Section 8524.

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 to, or joins in, the adoption petition.(Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 35, Sec. 7. (SB 1013) Effective June 27, 2012.)
CA Fam Code § 8527 (2021)
2021 California Code|Family Code - FAM|DIVISION 13 - ADOPTION|PART 1 - DEFINITIONS|Section 8527.

8527.  “Intercountry adoption” means the adoption of a foreign-born child for whom federal law makes a special immigration visa available. Intercountry adoption includes completion of the adoption in the child’s native country or completion of the adoption in this state.(Enacted by Stats. 1992, Ch. 162, Sec. 10. Operative January 1, 1994.)
CA Fam Code § 8530 (2021)
2021 California Code|Family Code - FAM|DIVISION 13 - ADOPTION|PART 1 - DEFINITIONS|Section 8530.

8530.  “Licensed adoption agency” means an agency licensed by the department to provide adoption services.(Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 35, Sec. 8. (SB 1013) Effective June 27, 2012.)
CA Fam Code § 8533 (2021)
2021 California Code|Family Code - FAM|DIVISION 13 - ADOPTION|PART 1 - DEFINITIONS|Section 8533.

8533.  (a) “Noncustodial adoption agency” means any licensed entity engaged in the business of providing adoption services, which does all of the following:(1) Assesses the prospective adoptive parents.(2) Cooperatively matches children freed for adoption, who are under the care, custody, and control of a licensed adoption agency, for adoption, with assessed and approved prospective adoptive parents.(3) Cooperatively supervises adoptive placements with a full-service adoption agency, but does not disrupt a placement or remove a child from a placement.(b) Private noncustodial adoption agencies shall be organized and operated on a nonprofit basis. As a condition of licensure to provide intercountry adoption services, a noncustodial adoption agency shall be accredited by the Council on Accreditation, or supervised by an accredited primary provider, or acting as an exempted provider, in compliance with Subpart F (commencing with Section 96.29) of Part 96 of Title 22 of the Code of Federal Regulations.(Amended by Stats. 2007, Ch. 583, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 2008.)
CA Fam Code § 8539 (2021)
2021 California Code|Family Code - FAM|DIVISION 13 - ADOPTION|PART 1 - DEFINITIONS|Section 8539.

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 or parents and the completion of an adoptive placement agreement on a form prescribed by the department by the birth parent or parents placing the child with prospective adoptive parents.This section shall become operative on January 1, 1995.(Repealed (Jan. 1, 1994) and added by Stats. 1993, Ch. 758, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 1994. Section operative January 1, 1995, by its own provisions.)
CA Fam Code § 8542 (2021)
2021 California Code|Family Code - FAM|DIVISION 13 - ADOPTION|PART 1 - DEFINITIONS|Section 8542.

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 been or who is to be placed in the person’s physical care or a petition under Part 3 (commencing with Section 9300) to adopt an adult.(Enacted by Stats. 1992, Ch. 162, Sec. 10. Operative January 1, 1994.)
CA Fam Code § 8543 (2021)
2021 California Code|Family Code - FAM|DIVISION 13 - ADOPTION|PART 1 - DEFINITIONS|Section 8543.

8543.  “Qualified court investigator” means a superior court investigator with the same minimum qualifications as a probation officer or county welfare worker designated to conduct stepparent adoption investigations in stepparent adoption proceedings and proceedings to declare a minor free from parental custody and control.(Added by Stats. 1993, Ch. 219, Sec. 185. Effective January 1, 1994.)
CA Fam Code § 8545 (2021)
2021 California Code|Family Code - FAM|DIVISION 13 - ADOPTION|PART 1 - DEFINITIONS|Section 8545.

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 parent’s home, as evidenced by a petition for termination of parental rights, a court order terminating parental rights, or a signed relinquishment.(b) The child has at least one of the following characteristics that is a barrier to adoption:(1) Adoptive placement without financial assistance is unlikely because of membership in a sibling group that should remain intact, or by virtue of race, ethnicity, color, language, age of three years or older, or parental background of a medical or behavioral nature that can be determined to adversely affect the development of the child.(2) Adoptive placement without financial assistance is unlikely because the child has a mental, physical, emotional, or medical disability that has been certified by a licensed professional competent to make an assessment and operating within the scope of that person’s profession. This paragraph shall also apply to children with a developmental disability as defined in subdivision (a) of Section 4512 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, including those determined to require out-of-home nonmedical care as described in Section 11464 of the Welfare and Institutions Code.(c) The need for adoption subsidy is evidenced by an unsuccessful search for an adoptive home to take the child without financial assistance, as documented in the case file of the prospective adoptive child. The requirement for this search shall be waived when it would be against the best interest of the child because of the existence of significant emotional ties with prospective adoptive parents while in the care of these persons as a foster child.(Amended by Stats. 2019, Ch. 115, Sec. 110. (AB 1817) Effective January 1, 2020.)
CA Fam Code § 8548 (2021)
2021 California Code|Family Code - FAM|DIVISION 13 - ADOPTION|PART 1 - DEFINITIONS|Section 8548.

8548.  “Stepparent adoption” means an adoption of a child by a stepparent where one birth parent retains custody and control of the child.(Enacted by Stats. 1992, Ch. 162, Sec. 10. Operative January 1, 1994.)
CA Fam Code § 17800 (2021)
2021 California Code|Family Code - FAM|DIVISION 17 - SUPPORT SERVICES|CHAPTER 5 - Complaint Resolution|Section 17800.

17800.  Each local child support agency shall maintain a complaint resolution process. The department shall specify by regulation, no later than July 1, 2001, uniform forms and procedures that each local child support agency shall use in resolving all complaints received from custodial and noncustodial parents. A complaint shall be made within 90 days after the custodial or noncustodial parent affected knew or should have known of the child support action complained of. The local child support agency shall provide a written resolution of the complaint within 30 days of the receipt of the complaint. The director of the local child support agency may extend the period for resolution of the complaint an additional 30 days in accordance with the regulations adopted pursuant to Section 17804.(Amended by Stats. 2001, Ch. 755, Sec. 21. Effective October 12, 2001.)