§ 8800 (a) The Legislature finds and declares that an attorney’s …
§ 8801 (a) The selection of a prospective adoptive parent or parents …
§ 8801.3 A child shall not be considered to have been placed for adoption …
§ 8801.5 (a) Each birth parent placing a child for adoption shall be …
§ 8801.7 (a) An adoption service provider shall also witness the …
§ 8802 (a) Any of the following adult persons who desire to adopt a …
§ 8803 (a) During the pendency of an adoption proceeding:(1) The …
§ 8804 (a) Whenever the petitioners move to withdraw the petition for …
§ 8805 At the hearing, if the court sustains the recommendation of the …
§ 8806 The department or delegated county adoption agency shall accept the …
§ 8807 (a) Except as provided in subdivisions (b) and (c), within 180 …
§ 8808 (a) The department or delegated county adoption agency shall …
§ 8810 (a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, whenever a …
§ 8811 (a) The department or delegated county adoption agency shall …
§ 8811.5 (a) A licensed private or public adoption agency of the state of …
§ 8812 Any request by a birth parent or birth parents for payment by the …
§ 8813 At or before the time a consent to adoption is signed, the department …
§ 8814 (a) Except as provided in Section 7662, the consent of the birth …
§ 8814.5 (a) After a consent to the adoption is signed by the birth …
§ 8815 (a) Once the revocable consent to adoption has become permanent …
§ 8816 In an independent adoption where the consent of the birth parent or …
§ 8817 (a) A written report on the child’s medical background, and if …
§ 8818 (a) The department shall adopt a statement to be presented to …
§ 8819 When the parental rights of a birth parent are terminated pursuant to …
§ 8820 (a) The birth parent or parents or the petitioner may appeal in …
§ 8821 When any report or findings are submitted to the court by the …
§ 8822 (a) If the findings of the department or delegated county …
§ 8823 The prospective adoptive parents and the child proposed to be adopted …

Terms Used In California Codes > Family Code > Division 13 > Part 2 > Chapter 3 - Independent Adoptions

  • Allegation: something that someone says happened.
  • 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.
  • Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
  • Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
  • Bail: Security given for the release of a criminal defendant or witness from legal custody (usually in the form of money) to secure his/her appearance on the day and time appointed.
  • County: includes city and county. See California Water Code 14
  • County: includes city and county. See California Health and Safety 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.
  • Director: means "State Director of Health Services. See California Health and Safety Code 21
  • Dismissal: The dropping of a case by the judge without further consideration or hearing. Source:
  • Docket: A log containing brief entries of court proceedings.
  • Fiduciary: A trustee, executor, or administrator.
  • Grantor: The person who establishes a trust and places property into it.
  • 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.
  • local agency: means any city, county, district, agency, or other political subdivision of the state for the local performance of governmental or proprietary functions within limited boundaries. See California Water Code 10701
  • order: include a decree, as appropriate under the circumstances. See California Family Code 100
  • Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program.
  • 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
  • Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.
  • Proceeding: includes an action. See California Family Code 110
  • Property: includes real and personal property and any interest therein. See California Family Code 113
  • Public defender: Represent defendants who can't afford an attorney in criminal matters.
  • Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.
  • 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 the State of California, unless applied to the different parts of the United States. See California Health and Safety Code 23
  • 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
  • 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
  • Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.