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DIVISION 13. ADOPTION 8500-9340›PART 2. ADOPTION OF UNMARRIED MINORS 8600-9213›CHAPTER 1.5. Adoption Facilitators 8623-8639

§ 8623

California Family Code · 2018-11 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · California

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 and engages in either of the following activities:

(a) Advertises for the purpose of soliciting parties to an adoption or locating children for an adoption or acting as an intermediary between the parties to an adoption.

(b) Charges a fee or other valuable consideration for services rendered relating to an adoption.

(Amended by Stats. 2007, Ch. 130, Sec. 90. Effective January 1, 2008.)

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