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2011 California Code
Family Code
DIVISION 13. ADOPTION [8500 - 9340]
CHAPTER 3. Independent Adoptions
Section 8806
CA Fam Code § 8806 (through 2012 Leg Sess) What's This?
The department or delegated county adoption agency shall accept the consent of the birth parents to the adoption of the child by the petitioners and, before filing its report with the court, shall ascertain whether the child is a proper subject for adoption and whether the proposed home is suitable for the child.
(Enacted by Stats. 1992, Ch. 162, Sec. 10. Operative January 1, 1994.)
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