2011 California Code
Family Code
DIVISION 13. ADOPTION [8500 - 9340]
CHAPTER 2. Agency Adoptions
Section 8716
Where a petition is filed for the adoption of a child who has been placed for adoption by a licensed county adoption agency or the department, the agency or department may, at the time of filing a favorable report with the court, require the petitioners to pay to the agency, as agent of the state, or to the department, a fee of five hundred dollars ($500). The agency or department may defer, waive, or reduce the fee if its payment would cause economic hardship to the prospective adoptive parents detrimental to the welfare of the adopted child, if the child has been in the foster care of the prospective adoptive parents for at least one year, or if necessary for the placement of a special-needs child.
(Enacted by Stats. 1992, Ch. 162, Sec. 10. Operative January 1, 1994.)
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