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Chapter 3: Intercountry Adoptions

California Rules of Court — Family and Juvenile Rules – 2026

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Chapter 1: Contact and Coordination Chapter 2: Indian Child Welfare Act Chapter 3: Intercountry Adoptions
Rule 5.490 Adoption of a child resident in the United States by a resident of a foreign country party to the Convention of 29 May 1993 on Protection of Children and Cooperation in Respect of Intercountry Adoption (Convention or Hague Adoption Convention) Rule 5.491 Adoption of a child resident in the United States by a resident of a foreign country not party to the Hague Adoption Convention Rule 5.492 Adoption by a United States resident of a child resident in a foreign country that is party to the Hague Adoption Convention Rule 5.493 Requirement to request adoption under California law of a child born in a foreign country when the adoption is finalized in the foreign country (Fam. Code, §§ 8912, 8919) Rule 5.495 Firearm relinquishment procedures [Repealed] Rule 5.496 Service requirement for proposed restrained persons who appear remotely