{"data":{"id":"us-ca/fam-8524","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"FAM § 8524","heading":"","body":"“Independent adoption” means the adoption of a child in which neither the department, county adoption agency, nor agency licensed by the department is a party to, or joins in, the adoption petition.","path":["Family Code - FAM","DIVISION 13. ADOPTION [8500. - 9340.]","PART 1. DEFINITIONS [8500. - 8548.]"],"source_url":"https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zip","current_through":"2026-09-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T05:56:33Z","sha256":"d6e26bbee6181d754fe9c144a3162cc56b98b01c4e06ee8b03a2d9801d571950","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/fam-8521","next":"us-ca/fam-8527"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}