{"data":{"id":"us-ca/fam-8718","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"FAM § 8718","heading":"","body":"The prospective adoptive parents and the child proposed to be adopted shall appear before the court pursuant to Sections 8612 and 8613.","path":["Family Code - FAM","DIVISION 13. ADOPTION [8500. - 9340.]","PART 2. ADOPTION OF UNMARRIED MINORS [8600. - 9212.]","CHAPTER 2. Agency Adoptions [8700. - 8720.]"],"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":"818e915d8bf7e65174a95595eea6d8e705bf9603f17adde6a8ebcf1ffc9729dc","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/fam-8717","next":"us-ca/fam-8719"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}