Cal. Fam. Code § 9213
9213
Effective Jan 1, 2012Added by Stats. 2011, Ch. 462, Sec. 10. Effective January 1, 2012.
(a) Notwithstanding Section 9321, a person who is a resident of this state may file a petition for adult adoption with the court in any of the following:
- (1) The county in which the prospective adoptive parent resides.
- (2) The county in which the proposed adoptee was born or resides at the time the petition was filed.
- (3) The county in which an office of the public or private agency that placed the proposed adoptee for foster care or adoption as a minor or dependent child is located.
- (b) A petitioner who is not a resident of this state may file a petition for adult adoption with the court in a county specified in paragraph (3) of subdivision (a).