California's General Adoption Statutes
California
Agency or Person Gathering Information
or Preparing Report Statute: Fam. Code §§ 8706; 8817
- • State Department of Social Services
- • County adoption agency
Contents of Report About Person to be
Adopted Statute: Fam. Code §§ 8706; 8817
- • Medical background
- • Psychological evaluation
- • Scholastic development
- • Developmental history and family life
Contents of Report About Birth Parents
Statute: Fam. Code § 8817
- • Medical background
- • May provide blood samples for DNA testing
Contents of Report About Adoptive
Parents Statute: Fam. Code § 8908
- • Criminal background check
- • Assessment of ability to provide adequate and
proper care and guidance
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