California Family Code CHAPTER 2.5 - Adoptions by Relative Caregivers or Foster Parents
- Section 8730.
(a) Subject to the requirements of subdivision (b), the department, county adoption agency, or licensed adoption agency may provide an abbreviated home study assessment for any...
- Section 8731.
If the prospective adoptive parent of a child is a foster parent, the assessment or home study described in Section 8730 shall not be initiated...
- Section 8732.
A report of a medical examination of the foster parent with whom the child has lived for a minimum of six months or the relative...
- Section 8733.
The department, county adoption agency, or licensed adoption agency shall require the adoptive parent to be provided with information related to the specific needs of...
- Section 8734.
The department shall encourage adoption agencies to make adoption training programs available to prospective adoptive families.(Added by Stats. 1998, Ch. 983, Sec. 3. Effective January...
- Section 8735.
The department shall adopt regulations requiring county adoption agencies and licensed adoption agencies to inform the agency responsible for the foster care placement when a...
- Section 8736.
The requirements of this chapter shall not be used as basis for removing a child who has been placed with a relative caregiver or foster...
Last modified: October 22, 2018