Fam. Code, § 8611 · Chapter 1. General Provisions

Fam. Code, § 8611

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

All court hearings in an adoption proceeding shall be held in private, and the court shall exclude all persons except the officers of the court, the parties, their witnesses, counsel, and representatives of the agencies present to perform their official duties under the law governing adoptions.

Notes and commentary — not statutory text

History

Enacted by Stats. 1992, Ch. 162, Sec. 10. Operative January 1, 1994.

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=8611.
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Provisions in this library whose text cites Fam. Code, § 8611. Each shows the citation as that text prints it.

Code of Civil Procedure

Code Civ. Proc., § 367.75Printed as Section 8611 of the Family Code

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