§ 8600 An unmarried minor may be adopted by an adult as provided in this …
§ 8600.5 Tribal customary adoption as defined in Section 366.24 of the Welfare …
§ 8601 (a) Except as otherwise provided in subdivision (b), a …
§ 8601.5 (a) A court may issue an order of adoption and declare that it …
§ 8602 The consent of a child, if over the age of 12 years, is necessary to …
§ 8603 (a) A married person, not lawfully separated from the person’s …
§ 8604 (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), a child having a …
§ 8605 A child not having a presumed father under Section 7611 may not be …
§ 8606 Notwithstanding Sections 8604 and 8605, the consent of a birth parent …
§ 8606.5 (a) Notwithstanding any other section in this part, and in …
§ 8607 All forms adopted by the department authorizing the release of an …
§ 8608 (a) The department shall adopt regulations specifying the form …
§ 8609 (a) Any person or organization that advertises in any periodical …
§ 8609.5 An adoption request for the adoption or readoption of a nondependent …
§ 8610 (a) The petitioners in a proceeding for adoption of a child …
§ 8611 All court hearings in an adoption proceeding shall be held in …
§ 8612 (a) The court shall examine all persons appearing before it …
§ 8613 (a) If the prospective adoptive parent is commissioned or …
§ 8613.5 (a) (1) If it is impossible or impracticable for either …
§ 8613.7 On and after January 1, 2014, the court shall provide to any …
§ 8614 Upon the request of the adoptive parents or the adopted child, a …
§ 8615 (a) Notwithstanding any other law, an action may be brought in …
§ 8616 After adoption, the adopted child and the adoptive parents shall …
§ 8616.5 (a) The Legislature finds and declares that some adoptive …
§ 8617 (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), the existing parent …
§ 8618 A child adopted pursuant to this part may take the family name of the …
§ 8619 The department shall adopt rules and regulations it determines are …
§ 8619.5 Whenever a final decree of adoption of an Indian child has been …
§ 8620 (a) (1) If a parent is seeking to relinquish a child …
§ 8621 (a) The department shall adopt regulations regarding the …
§ 8622 A licensed private adoption agency whose services are limited to a …
§ 8623 Notwithstanding any other law, all adoption facilitators registered …
§ 8624 (a) A person aggrieved by a violation of Section 8609 may bring …
§ 8625 (a) The department shall create a section on its internet …

Terms Used In California Codes > Family Code > Division 13 > Part 2 > Chapter 1 - General Provisions

  • Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
  • Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
  • Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
  • Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
  • conduit: includes canal, ditch, culvert, pipeline, flume, or other appliance for conducting water. See California Water Code 7030
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • County: includes city and county. See California Water Code 14
  • County: includes city and county. See California Family Code 67
  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • department: means the State Department of Health Care Services and "director" means the Director of Health Care Services. See California Health and Safety Code 11752
  • Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
  • Deposition: An oral statement made before an officer authorized by law to administer oaths. Such statements are often taken to examine potential witnesses, to obtain discovery, or to be used later in trial.
  • Director: means "State Director of Health Services. See California Health and Safety Code 21
  • Donor: The person who makes a gift.
  • Equitable: Pertaining to civil suits in "equity" rather than in "law." In English legal history, the courts of "law" could order the payment of damages and could afford no other remedy. See damages. A separate court of "equity" could order someone to do something or to cease to do something. See, e.g., injunction. In American jurisprudence, the federal courts have both legal and equitable power, but the distinction is still an important one. For example, a trial by jury is normally available in "law" cases but not in "equity" cases. Source: U.S. Courts
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
  • Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
  • Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
  • highway: includes both state and county highways as defined by or identified in the Streets and Highways Code. See California Water Code 7031
  • Intestate: Dying without leaving a will.
  • license: means a basic permit to operate a narcotic treatment program. See California Health and Safety Code 11839.7
  • Litigation: A case, controversy, or lawsuit. Participants (plaintiffs and defendants) in lawsuits are called litigants.
  • order: include a decree, as appropriate under the circumstances. See California Family Code 100
  • Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
  • Person: means any person, firm, association, organization, partnership, business trust, corporation, limited liability company, or company. See California Water Code 19
  • Person: means any person, firm, association, organization, partnership, business trust, corporation, limited liability company, or company. See California Health and Safety Code 19
  • Person: includes a natural person, firm, association, organization, partnership, business trust, corporation, limited liability company, or public entity. See California Family Code 105
  • Petitioner: includes plaintiff, where appropriate. See California Family Code 126
  • Power of attorney: A written instrument which authorizes one person to act as another's agent or attorney. The power of attorney may be for a definite, specific act, or it may be general in nature. The terms of the written power of attorney may specify when it will expire. If not, the power of attorney usually expires when the person granting it dies. Source: OCC
  • Probate: Proving a will
  • Proceeding: includes an action. See California Family Code 110
  • Public defender: Represent defendants who can't afford an attorney in criminal matters.
  • quarter: means July, August, and September. See California Health and Safety Code 11839.7
  • Rescission: The cancellation of budget authority previously provided by Congress. The Impoundment Control Act of 1974 specifies that the President may propose to Congress that funds be rescinded. If both Houses have not approved a rescission proposal (by passing legislation) within 45 days of continuous session, any funds being withheld must be made available for obligation.
  • Restitution: The court-ordered payment of money by the defendant to the victim for damages caused by the criminal action.
  • Spouse: includes "registered domestic partner" as required by Section 297. See California Family Code 143
  • State: means the State of California, unless applied to the different parts of the United States. See California Water Code 18
  • 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
  • Subdivision: means a subdivision of the section in which that term occurs unless some other section is expressly mentioned. See California Water Code 10
  • Summons: Another word for subpoena used by the criminal justice system.
  • Support: refers to a support obligation owing on behalf of a child, spouse, or family, or an amount owing pursuant to Section 17402. See California Family Code 150
  • Testate: To die leaving a will.
  • Testify: Answer questions in court.
  • Trust account: A general term that covers all types of accounts in a trust department, such as estates, guardianships, and agencies. Source: OCC
  • United States: means the United States of America, and in relation to any particular matter includes the officers, agents, employees, agencies, or instrumentalities authorized to act in relation thereto. See California Water Code 20
  • use or enlargement of any natural channel for municipal purposes: includes , but is not limited to, sewage treatment and pollution prevention and the encasing and piping of the New River to protect human health and the natural environment. See California Water Code 7043.5