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DIVISION 13. ADOPTION 8500-9340›PART 2. ADOPTION OF UNMARRIED MINORS 8600-9213›CHAPTER 7. Disclosure of Information 9200-9209

§ 9204

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

(a) Notwithstanding any other law, if an adult adoptee and the adult adoptee’s birth parents have each filed a written consent with the department or licensed adoption agency, the department or licensed adoption agency may arrange for contact between those persons. Neither the department nor a licensed adoption agency may solicit, directly or indirectly, the execution of a written consent.

(b) The written consent authorized by this section shall be in a form prescribed by the department.

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

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