California Family Code CHAPTER 5 - Termination of Parental Rights in Adoption Proceedings

• Section 7660.
  If a mother relinquishes for or consents to, or proposes to relinquish for or consent to, the adoption of a child who has a presumed...
• Section 7660.5.
  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a presumed father may waive the right to notice of any adoption proceeding by executing a form developed by...
• Section 7661.
  If the other parent relinquishes for or consents to, or proposes to relinquish for or consent to, the adoption of a child, the mother shall...
• Section 7662.
  (a) If a mother relinquishes for or consents to, or proposes to relinquish for or consent to, the adoption of a child, or if a child...
• Section 7663.
  (a) In an effort to identify all alleged fathers and presumed parents, the court shall cause inquiry to be made of the mother and any other...
• Section 7664.
  (a) If, after the inquiry, the biological father is identified to the satisfaction of the court, or if more than one man is identified as a...
• Section 7665.
  If, after the inquiry, the court is unable to identify the biological father or any possible biological father and no person has appeared claiming to...
• Section 7666.
  (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), notice of the proceeding shall be given to every person identified as the biological father or a possible biological...
• Section 7667.
  (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, an action to terminate the parental rights of an alleged father of a child as specified in this part...
• Section 7668.
  (a) The court may continue the proceedings for not more than 30 days as necessary to appoint counsel and to enable counsel to prepare for the...
• Section 7669.
  (a) An order requiring or dispensing with an alleged father’s consent for the adoption of a child may be appealed from in the same manner as...
• Section 7670.
  There shall be no filing fee charged for a petition filed pursuant to Section 7662.(Enacted by Stats. 1992, Ch. 162, Sec. 10. Operative January 1,
• Section 7671.
  A single petition may be filed pursuant to Section 7662 to terminate the parental rights of the alleged father or fathers of two or more...

Last modified: October 22, 2018