Bill Text: CA AB1373 | 2019-2020 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Adoption.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-08-30 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 192, Statutes of 2019. [AB1373 Detail]
Download: California-2019-AB1373-Amended.html
Amended
IN
Senate
May 30, 2019 |
Amended
IN
Assembly
April 22, 2019 |
Assembly Bill | No. 1373 |
Introduced by Assembly Member Patterson |
February 22, 2019 |
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The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1.
Section 8617 of the Family Code is amended to read:8617.
(a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), the existing parent or parents of an adopted child are, from the time of the adoption, relieved of all parental duties towards, and all responsibility for, the adopted child, and have no right over the child.SEC. 2.
Section 9000.5 of the Family Code is amended to read:(a)Stepparent adoptions where one of the spouses or partners gave birth to the child during the marriage or domestic partnership, or where the child was born during the marriage or domestic partnership through a gestational surrogacy process brought about by one or both of the spouses or partners, including a registered domestic partnership or civil union from another jurisdiction, shall follow the procedure provided by this section. Unless otherwise provided in this section, the procedures for stepparent adoptions apply.
9000.5.
(a) The procedures provided in this section apply to a stepparent adoption where the child was born during the marriage or domestic partnership, including a registered domestic partnership or civil union from another jurisdiction, and either of the following circumstances applies: