Your name(s) (adopting parent(s)):
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b.
Relationship to child:
Address (skip this if you have a lawyer):
City:
State:
Zip:
Telephone number:
I am the child listed in and I agree to the adoption. (Not required in the case of a tribal customary adoption
under Welf. & Inst. Code, § 366.24.)
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If there is only one adopting parent, read and sign below.
Lawyer (if any): (Name, address, telephone numbers, e-mail address,
and State Bar number):
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Adoption Agreement
ADOPT-210
ADOPT-210, Page 1 of 3
Adoption Agreement
Clerk stamps date here when form is filed.
Fill in court name and street address:
Superior Court of California, County of
Court fills in case number when form is filed.
Case Number:
Child’s name after adoption:
Child’s name before adoption:
Date of birth: Age:
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Date:
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Signature of adopting parent
Type or print your name
Date:
Type or print your name
Signature of child (child must sign if 12 or older;
optional if child is under 12)
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I am the adopting parent listed in , and I agree that the child will:a.
(1)
(2)
Be adopted and treated as my legal child (Fam. Code, § 8612(b)) and
Have the same rights as a natural child born to me, including the right to inherit my estate.
Judicial Council of California, www.courts.ca.gov
Revised January 1, 2016, Mandatory Form
Family Code, §§ 8602–8606, 8612, 9000.5, 9003;
Welfare and Institutions Code, § 366.24;
Cal. Rules of Court, rule 5.730
Adoptions usually require a hearing where most signatures on this form must be completed in front of a judge.
Item 4(b) may be signed before the hearing.
If this is a stepparent adoption to confirm parentage involving a spouse or registered domestic partner who gave
birth to the child during the union, usually no hearing is required and you may sign this form in front of a proper
witness. See paragraph 8(a) for instructions on having your signature properly witnessed. If the court orders a
hearing in this case, you must sign this form at the hearing in front of the judge.
All other signatures must be signed at a hearing, in front of a judge, unless waived by the judge for good cause.
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Signing this forms:
