Family Code section 7841

(a)

An interested person may file a petition under this part for an order or judgment declaring a child free from the custody and control of either or both parents.

(b)

For purposes of this section, an “interested person” is one who has a direct interest in the action, and includes, but is not limited to, a person who has filed, or who intends to file within a period of 6 months, an adoption petition under Section 8714, 8802, or 9000, or a licensed adoption agency to whom the child has been relinquished by the other parent.

Source: Section 7841, https://leginfo.­legislature.­ca.­gov/faces/codes_displaySection.­xhtml?lawCode=FAM§ionNum=7841.­ (updated Jan. 1, 2008; accessed Jun. 25, 2025).

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