California Family Code 8902 – For intercountry adoptions that will be finalized in this state, the …
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For intercountry adoptions that will be finalized in this state, the licensed adoption agency shall provide all of the following services:
(a) Assessment of the suitability of the applicant’s home.
Terms Used In California Family Code 8902
- State: means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, or a commonwealth, territory, or insular possession subject to the jurisdiction of the United States. See California Family Code 145
(b) Placement of the foreign-born child in an approved home.
(c) Postplacement supervision.
(d) Submission to the court of a report on the intercountry adoptive placement with a recommendation regarding the granting of the petition.
(e) Services to applicants seeking to adopt related children living in foreign countries. The Legislature recognizes that these children have an impelling need for adoptive placement with their relatives.
(Enacted by Stats. 1992, Ch. 162, Sec. 10. Operative January 1, 1994.)