“Independent adoption” means the adoption of a child in which neither the department, county adoption agency, nor agency licensed by the department is a party to, or joins in, the adoption petition.
Cal. Fam. Code § 8524
DEFINITIONS
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case S.H. v. M.M. (In re C.E.) (2019)
Most recently applied in S.H. v. M.M. (In re C.E.) (January 2019)
Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 35, Sec. 7
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