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DIVISION 13. ADOPTION 8500-9340›PART 2. ADOPTION OF UNMARRIED MINORS 8600-9213›CHAPTER 1. General Provisions 8600-8622

§ 8611

California Family Code · 2020-11 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · California

All court hearings in an adoption proceeding shall be held in private, and the court shall exclude all persons except the officers of the court, the parties, their witnesses, counsel, and representatives of the agencies present to perform their official duties under the law governing adoptions.

(Enacted by Stats. 1992, Ch. 162, Sec. 10. Operative January 1, 1994.)

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