Fam. Code, § 8539 · Part 1. DEFINITIONS

Fam. Code, § 8539

Verbatim from the official edition

Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)

“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.

Notes and commentary — not statutory text

History

Repealed (Jan. 1, 1994) and added by Stats. 1993, Ch. 758, Sec. 4.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.

Source of truth

Edition: As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
Official file: https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=FAM&sectionNum=8539.
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