California Family Code CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions

• Section 9300.
  (a) An adult may be adopted by another adult, including a stepparent, as provided in this part.(b) A married minor may be adopted in the same manner...
• Section 9301.
  A married person who is not lawfully separated from the person’s spouse may not adopt an adult without the consent of the spouse, provided that...
• Section 9302.
  (a) A married person who is not lawfully separated from the person’s spouse may not be adopted without the consent of the spouse, provided that the...
• Section 9303.
  (a) A person may not adopt more than one unrelated adult under this part within one year of the person’s adoption of an unrelated adult, unless...
• Section 9304.
  A person adopted pursuant to this part may take the family name of the adoptive parent.(Enacted by Stats. 1992, Ch. 162, Sec. 10. Operative January...
• Section 9305.
  After adoption, the adoptee and the adoptive parent or parents shall sustain towards each other the legal relationship of parent and child and have all...
• Section 9306.
  (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), the birth parents of a person adopted pursuant to this part are, from the time of the adoption, relieved...
• Section 9307.
  A hearing with regard to adoption under Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 9320) or termination of a parent and child relationship under Chapter 3 (commencing...

Last modified: October 22, 2018