Fam. Code, § 8521 · Part 1. DEFINITIONS
Fam. Code, § 8521
Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
(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.
(5) Recruits prospective adoptive parents, locates children for adoption, or acts as an intermediary between the parties to an adoption.
(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.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Amended by Stats. 2023, Ch. 43, Sec. 2. (AB 120) Effective July 10, 2023.
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