Section 8715 Of Chapter 2. Agency Adoptions From California Family Law Code >> Division 13. >> Part 2. >> Chapter 2.
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. (a) The department, county adoption agency, or licensed
adoption agency, whichever is a party to, or joins in, the petition,
shall submit a full report of the facts of the case to the court.
(b) If the child has been adjudged to be a dependent of the
juvenile court pursuant to Section 300 of the Welfare and
Institutions Code, and has thereafter been freed for adoption by the
juvenile court, the report required by this section shall describe
whether the requirements of subdivision (e) of Section 16002 of the
Welfare and Institutions Code have been completed and what, if any,
plan exists for facilitation of postadoptive contact between the
child who is the subject of the adoption petition and his or her
siblings and half siblings.
(c) If a petition for adoption has been filed with a postadoption
contact agreement pursuant to Section 8616.5, the report shall
address whether the postadoption contact agreement has been entered
into voluntarily, and whether it is in the best interests of the
child who is the subject of the petition.
(d) The department may also submit a report in those cases in
which a county adoption agency, or licensed adoption agency is a
party or joins in the adoption petition.
(e) If a petitioner is a resident of a state other than
California, an updated and current homestudy report, conducted and
approved by a licensed adoption agency or other authorized resource
in the state in which the petitioner resides, shall be reviewed and
endorsed by the department, county adoption agency, or licensed
adoption agency, if the standards and criteria established for a
homestudy report in the other state are substantially commensurate
with the homestudy standards and criteria established in California
adoption regulations.