Adoption Order (New York and California)
An adoption order is for potentially new parents to show their suitability for becoming adoptive parents.
ADOPT-215 Adoption Order
COURT
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COUNTY OF
Your names (adopting parents):
a.
b.
Relationship to child:
Plaintiff(s)
Your address (skip this if you have a lawyer):
Street:
City:
Your phone number:
State:
Zip:
against
Defendant(s):
Your lawyer (if you have one):
Name:
Address:
Phone number and State Bar number):
Fill in court name and street address:
Superior Court of California, County of :
Child's name after adoption:
Date of birth:
City:
Fill in case number:
Case Number:
State:
Age:
Country:
Name of adoption agency:
the Honorable:
County of
in room
GREETINGS
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK TO WE COMMAND YOU, that all business and excuses being laid aside, you and each of you attend before:
located at:
People present in court today (date): , on the day of at the
in:
o'clock in the
,
noon, and at any recessed
or adjourned date, to testify and give evidence as a witness in this action on the part of the
Dept.:
Adopting parents
Child
Div.:
Rm.:
Lawyer for adopting parents
Child's lawyer
Judge:
ParentYour failure to comply with this subpoena is punishable as a contemptname): and will make you liable to
keeping parental rights (stepparent/state-registered domestic partner of court
the party on whose behalf this subpoena was issued for a maximum penalty of $50 and all damages sustained as a
Other people present (list name and relationship to child):
result of your failure to comply.
a.
b.
If more, attach a sheet of paper, write "ADOPT-215, Item 4" at the top, and list additional names
, one of the Justices of the
Court in
Witness, Honorable
and relationships to child.
County,
day of
, 20
5
Judge will fill out section below.
(Attorney must sign above and type name below)
The judge finds that the child (check all that apply):
a.
b.
Is 12 or older and agrees to the adoption.
Is under 12.
Attorney(s) for
6
1
The judge has reviewed the report and other documents and evidence and finds that each adopting parent:
a. Is at least 10 years older than the child
b. Will treat the child as his or her own
c. Will support and care for the child
Judicial Council of California, www.courtinfo.ca.gov
Revised January 1, 2006, Mandatory Form
Family Code, ยงยง 8612, 8714, 8714.5, 8902, 8912, 9000
d. Has a suitable home for the child and
Office and P.O. Address
e. Agrees to adopt the child.
Telephone No.:
Facsimile No.:
E-Mail Address:
Adoption Order
Mobile Tel. No.:
ADOPT-215, Page 1 of 2
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Case Number:
Your name:
This case is a relative adoption petitioned under Family Code section 8714.5.
The adopting relative The child, who is 12 or older has requested that the child's name
before adoption be listed on this order under section 8714.5(g).
The child's name before adoption was:
The child is an Indian child. The judge finds that this adoption meets the placement requirements of the Indian Child Welfare Act and that there is good cause to give preference to these adopting parents. The clerk will fill out 11 below.
The judge approves the Contact After Adoption Agreement (ADOPT-310)
As submitted As amended on ADOPT-310
The judge believes the adoption is in the child's best interest and orders this adoption.
The child's name after adoption will be:
The adopting parents and the child are now parent and child under the law, with all the rights and duties of the parent-child relationship.
Date:
Judge (or Judicial Officer)
Clerk will fill out section below.
For the adoption of an Indian child, the Clerk certifies:
I am not a party to this adoption. I placed a filed copy of (check all that apply):
ADOPT-200, Adoption Request
ADOPT-215, Adoption Order
ADOPT-220, Adoption of Indian Child
ADOPT-310, Contact After Adoption Agreement
in a sealed envelope, marked "Confidential," and addressed to:
Chief, Division of Social Services
Bureau of Indian Affairs
1849 C Street, NW
Mail Stop 310-SIB
Washington, DC 20240
The envelope was mailed, with full postage, by U.S. mail from:
Place:
Date:
Clerk, by:
on (date):
, Deputy
Revised January 1, 2006
Adoption Order