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Rules and Forms | Family Law: Adoption Order (Action Required)
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Summary
Senate Bill 450 (Stats. 2025, ch. 757) amended California adoption law to require adoption orders to identify all legal parents following an adoption, including adoptive parents and any existing parents maintaining parental rights. To implement SB 450, the Family and Juvenile Law Advisory Committee recommends revising Adoption Order (form ADOPT-215), the mandatory Judicial Council form used for all orders for the adoption of a minor child.
Recommendation
The Family and Juvenile Law Advisory Committee recommends that the Judicial Council, effective January 1, 2027, revise Adoption Order (form ADOPT-215).