California Family Code

§ 7840

FAM § 7840Div. 12 · Part 4 · Ch. 3 · Art. 1

Statute text

(a)A petition may be filed under this part for an order or judgment declaring a child free from the custody and control of either or both parents by any of the following:

(1)The State Department of Social Services, a county welfare department, a licensed private or public adoption agency, a county adoption department, or a county probation department which is planning adoptive placement of the child with a licensed adoption agency.

(2)The State Department of Social Services acting as an adoption agency in counties which are not served by a county adoption agency.

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Legislative history

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