{"data":{"id":"us-ca/fam-8543","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"FAM § 8543","heading":"","body":"“Qualified court investigator” means a superior court investigator with the same minimum qualifications as a probation officer or county welfare worker designated to conduct stepparent adoption investigations in stepparent adoption proceedings and proceedings to declare a minor free from parental custody and control.","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":"10770644b37242a1d5b6a317bbb81336dc8d63f65d5a387a89d706dba5725d55","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/fam-8542","next":"us-ca/fam-8545"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}