{"data":{"id":"us-ca/fam-8539","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"FAM § 8539","heading":"","body":"“Place for adoption” means, in the case of an independent adoption, the selection of a prospective adoptive parent or parents for a child by the birth parent or parents and the completion of an adoptive placement agreement on a form prescribed by the department by the birth parent or parents placing the child with prospective adoptive parents.\nThis section shall become operative on January 1, 1995.","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":"27279184cced91b29140a0cba99f6f8265c47c3ac5ff0ffeb57804082a8df62b","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/fam-8533","next":"us-ca/fam-8542"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}