California Family Code
§ 8521
FAM § 8521 Effective Jul 10, 2023Div. 13 · Part 1
Statute text
View on leginfo.ca.gov(a)“Full-service adoption agency” means a licensed or authorized entity engaged in the business of providing adoption services, that does all of the following:
(1)Assumes care, custody, and control of a child through relinquishment of the child to the agency or involuntary termination of parental rights to the child.
(2)Assesses the birth parents, prospective adoptive parents, or child.
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Legislative history
Amended by Stats. 2023, Ch. 43, Sec. 2. (AB 120) Effective July 10, 2023.