{"data":{"id":"us-ca/fam-9007","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"FAM § 9007","heading":"","body":"Except as provided in Section 9000.5, the prospective adoptive parent and the child proposed to be adopted shall appear before the court pursuant to Sections 8612, 8613, and 8613.5.","path":["Family Code - FAM","DIVISION 13. ADOPTION [8500. - 9340.]","PART 2. ADOPTION OF UNMARRIED MINORS [8600. - 9212.]","CHAPTER 5. Stepparent Adoptions [9000. - 9007.]"],"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":"e2f63f969dc6e71928fa68b3f52f1688194a5626a0feb978a3113cf6583e6331","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/fam-9006","next":"us-ca/fam-9100"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}