California Family Code CHAPTER 1.5 - Adoption Facilitators

• Section 8623.
  A person or organization is an adoption facilitator if the person or organization is not licensed as an adoption agency by the State of California...
• Section 8624.
  Any advertising by an adoption facilitator shall:(a) Identify the name of the party placing the advertisement and shall state that the party is an adoption facilitator.(b) Be...
• Section 8625.
  An adoption facilitator shall not:(a) Mislead any person into believing, or imply by any document, including any form of advertising or by oral communications, that the...
• Section 8626.
  An adoption facilitator shall disclose in the first oral communication in which there is a description of services, that the facilitator is not a licensed...
• Section 8627.
  If the facilitator is acting on behalf of more than one party, all of the parties on whose behalf the facilitator is acting shall have...
• Section 8628.
  An adoption facilitator shall report in writing to the prospective adoptive parents all information that is provided to the facilitator by the birthparents concerning a...
• Section 8629.
  For a period of 72 hours after signing a contract or after the payment of any fee, the birthparents or the prospective adoptive parents may...
• Section 8630.
  The amount of fees paid to an adoption facilitator and any fees or expenses an adoption facilitator pays to a third party shall be reported...
• Section 8631.
  All contracts entered into by an adoption facilitator shall be in writing and, at a minimum, shall include the following:(a) A statement that the adoption facilitator...
• Section 8632.
  The adoption facilitator shall also explain the terms of the written contract verbally to the prospective adoptive parents and the birthparents.(Added by Stats. 1996, Ch....
• Section 8632.5.
  (a) The department shall establish and adopt regulations for a statewide registration and enforcement process for adoption facilitators. The department shall also establish and adopt regulations...
• Section 8633.
  Any person or entity that violates this chapter is subject to a civil penalty of one thousand dollars ($1,000) or the amount of the contract...
• Section 8634.
  Any contract entered into pursuant to this chapter is subject to the rules and remedies relating to contracts generally.(Added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 1135, Sec....
• Section 8636.
  (a) Prior to engaging in the business of, or acting in the capacity of, an adoption facilitator, any person shall (1) obtain a business license in...
• Section 8637.
  Notwithstanding the provisions of this chapter, an attorney who provides services specified in Section 8623 related to facilitating an adoption shall be subject only to...
• Section 8638.
  (a) Any person aggrieved by any violation of this chapter may bring a civil action for damages, rescission, injunctive relief, or any other civil or equitable...
• Section 8639.
  (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, any adoption facilitator who operates without having met the requirements established in Section 8632.5 for inclusion into the...

Last modified: October 22, 2018