California Family Code

§ 8620

FAM § 8620 Effective Jan 1, 2020Div. 13 · Part 2 · Ch. 1

Statute text

(a)(1) If a parent is seeking to relinquish a child pursuant to Section 8700 or execute an adoption placement agreement pursuant to Section 8801.3, the department, county adoption agency, licensed adoption agency, or adoption service provider, as applicable, shall ask the child and the child’s parent or custodian whether the child is, or may be, a member of, or eligible for membership in an Indian tribe or whether the child has been identified as a member of an Indian organization. The department, county adoption agency, licensed adoption agency, or adoption service provider, as applicable, shall complete the forms provided for this purpose by the department and shall make this completed form a part of the file.

(2)If there is any oral or written information that indicates that the child is, or may be, an Indian child, the department, county adoption agency, licensed adoption agency, or adoption service provider, as applicable, shall obtain the following information:

(A)The name of the child involved, and the actual date and place of birth of the child.

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2019, Ch. 115, Sec. 116. (AB 1817) Effective January 1, 2020.