California Family Code

§ 8714.5

FAM § 8714.5 Effective Jan 1, 2009Div. 13 · Part 2 · Ch. 2

Statute text

(a)The Legislature finds and declares the following:

(1)It is the intent of the Legislature to expedite legal permanency for children who cannot return to their parents and to remove barriers to adoption by relatives of children who are already in the dependency system or who are at risk of entering the dependency system.

(2)This goal will be achieved by empowering families, including extended families, to care for their own children safely and permanently whenever possible, by preserving existing family relationships, thereby causing the least amount of disruption to the child and the family, and by recognizing the importance of sibling and half-sibling relationships.

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2008, Ch. 534, Sec. 9. Effective January 1, 2009.