2021 California Code
Family Code - FAM
DIVISION 13 - ADOPTION
PART 1 - DEFINITIONS
Section 8533.

Universal Citation:
CA Fam Code § 8533 (2021)
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8533.  

(a) “Noncustodial adoption agency” means any licensed entity engaged in the business of providing adoption services, which does all of the following:

(1) Assesses the prospective adoptive parents.

(2) Cooperatively matches children freed for adoption, who are under the care, custody, and control of a licensed adoption agency, for adoption, with assessed and approved prospective adoptive parents.

(3) Cooperatively supervises adoptive placements with a full-service adoption agency, but does not disrupt a placement or remove a child from a placement.

(b) Private noncustodial adoption agencies shall be organized and operated on a nonprofit basis. As a condition of licensure to provide intercountry adoption services, a noncustodial adoption agency shall be accredited by the Council on Accreditation, or supervised by an accredited primary provider, or acting as an exempted provider, in compliance with Subpart F (commencing with Section 96.29) of Part 96 of Title 22 of the Code of Federal Regulations.

(Amended by Stats. 2007, Ch. 583, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 2008.)

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