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CA Rules of Court
Title 5 - Family and Juvenile RulesDivision 2 - Rules Applicable in Family and Juvenile Proceedings
Chapter 3 - Adoptions under the Hague Adoption Convention
Rule 5.492 - Adoption by a United States resident of a child resident in a foreign country that is party to the Hague Adoption Convention

Cal. R. 5.492

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Rule 5.492 - Adoption by a United States resident of a child resident in a foreign country that is party to the Hague Adoption Convention

A United States resident who plans to adopt, in California, a child resident in a foreign country that is party to the Hague Adoption Convention must provide to the California court the required proof, in the form of a Hague Custody Declaration, that all required Hague Adoption Convention findings have been made by the child's country of residence.

Cal. R. Ct. 5.492

Rule 5.492 adopted effective 7/1/2013.