2018 California Code
Family Code - FAM
DIVISION 13 - ADOPTION
PART 1 - DEFINITIONS
Section 8542.

Universal Citation: CA Fam Code § 8542 (2018)
8542.  

“Prospective adoptive parent” means a person who has filed or intends to file a petition under Part 2 (commencing with Section 8600) to adopt a child who has been or who is to be placed in the person’s physical care or a petition under Part 3 (commencing with Section 9300) to adopt an adult.

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

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