Fam. Code, § 8609.5 · Chapter 1. General Provisions
Fam. Code, § 8609.5
Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
An adoption request for the adoption or readoption of a nondependent minor may be filed with the court in the county in which one of the following applies:
(a) The petitioner resides.
(b) The child was born or resides at the time of filing.
(c) An office of the agency that placed the child or is filing the petition for adoption is located.
(d) An office of the department or a public adoption agency that is investigating the petition is located.
(e) The county in which a placing birth parent or parents resided when the adoptive placement agreement, consent, or relinquishment was signed.
(f) The county in which a placing birth parent or parents resided when the petition was filed.
(g) The county in which the child was freed for adoption.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Amended by Stats. 2022, Ch. 159, Sec. 2. (AB 2495) Effective January 1, 2023.
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