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2011 California Code
Family Code
DIVISION 13. ADOPTION [8500 - 9340]
CHAPTER 1. General Provisions
Section 8611
CA Fam Code § 8611 (through 2012 Leg Sess) What's This?
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.
(Enacted by Stats. 1992, Ch. 162, Sec. 10. Operative January 1, 1994.)
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