Chapter 3 - INDEPENDENT ADOPTIONS

Section 8800 - Attorney representation
Section 8801 - Selection of prospective adoptive parent or parents
Section 8801.3 - Advised of rights and desire for counseling; adoption placement agreement
Section 8801.5 - Advised of rights by adoption service provider; counseling offered
Section 8801.7 - Provider to witness signature on agreement; interview with birth parent after placement
Section 8802 - Adoption petition
Section 8803 - Concealing or removing child during pendency of proceeding
Section 8804 - Motion to withdraw petition or dismiss proceeding
Section 8805 - Care for child when recommendation to remove child from home of petitioners sustained
Section 8806 - Duty of department or delegated county adoption agency
Section 8807 - Investigation and report on proposed adoption by department or designated county adoption agency
Section 8808 - Interview by department or county delegated adoption agency
Section 8810 - Fee paid by petitioner to department or delegated county adoption agency
Section 8811 - Fingerprinting and criminal record check of person filing petition
Section 8811.5 - Placement evaluation of prospective adoptive parents
Section 8812 - Request by birth parents for payment by prospective adoptive parents
Section 8813 - Birth parent advised of right to request information about status of child's adoption
Section 8814 - Consent of birth parent not placing child for adoption
Section 8814.5 - Revocation of consent by birth parent; waiver of right to revoke consent
Section 8815 - Request by birth parent for return of child
Section 8816 - Consent filed by department or delegated county adoption agency
Section 8817 - Reports on child's and biological parents' medical background; blood sample provided by biological parents
Section 8818 - Statement presented to birth parents and prospective adoptive parents
Section 8819 - Notice to birth parent to inform agency as to current address
Section 8820 - Appeal by birth parents
Section 8821 - Copy of report or findings given to petitioner's attorney
Section 8822 - Review of findings of department or delegated county adoption agency by court
Section 8823 - Appearance before court by prospective adoptive parents and child