AB 1373 — Adoption.

Summary

Existing law establishes procedures for stepparent adoptions involving a spouse or partner who gave birth to the child during the marriage or domestic partnership. Among other things, existing law exempts those adoptions from the requirements of a home investigation and a hearing, as well as specified costs, unless the court orders otherwise. This bill would allow a stepparent adoption in which the child was born during the marriage or domestic partnership through a gestational surrogacy process brought about by one or both spouses or partners to use the same procedure as a stepparent adoption in which one of the spouses or partners gave birth to the child during the marriage or domestic partnership. Under existing law, the existing parents of an adopted child are, from the time of the adoption, relieved of all parental duties toward, and have no right over, the adopted child, unless the existing parent or parents and the prospective adoptive parent or parents sign a waiver before the finalization of the adoption. This bill would provide that the waiver provision described above applies to all adoptions except intercountry adoptions, as specified. Existing law also terminates the parental rights and responsibilities of the birth parent or parents of an adult who is adopted, except that when an adult is adopted by a stepparent, the legal relationship between the adult and the birth parent who is the spouse of the stepparent is not terminated. This bill would allow an adult who is being adopted to waive the termination of the legal relationship between the adult and an existing parent or parents by signing a waiver before the finalization of the adoption.

Bill Text

• Chaptered 08/30/19 - Chaptered Current pdf August 30, 2019
• Enrolled 08/13/19 - Enrolled pdf August 13, 2019
• Amended 05/30/19 - Amended Senate pdf May 30, 2019
• Amended 04/22/19 - Amended Assembly pdf April 22, 2019
• Introduced 02/22/19 - Introduced pdf February 22, 2019
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Action History

1. August 30, 2019

   Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 192, Statutes of 2019.

2. August 30, 2019

   Approved by the Governor.

3. August 23, 2019

   Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.

4. August 12, 2019

   Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 2657.).

5. June 18, 2019

   In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after June 20 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.

6. June 17, 2019

   Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 1608.).

7. June 12, 2019

   Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar.

8. June 11, 2019

   From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 11).

9. May 30, 2019

   From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on JUD.

10. May 22, 2019

    In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.

11. May 16, 2019

    Referred to Com. on JUD.

12. May 06, 2019

    In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.

13. May 06, 2019

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 1523.)

14. May 01, 2019

    Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar.

15. April 30, 2019

    From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (April 30).

16. April 23, 2019

    Re-referred to Com. on JUD.

17. April 22, 2019

    From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on JUD. Read second time and amended.

18. March 14, 2019

    Referred to Com. on JUD.

19. February 25, 2019

    Read first time.

20. February 23, 2019

    From printer. May be heard in committee March 25.

21. February 22, 2019

    Introduced. To print.

Sponsors

• Joe Patterson · Primary

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