Family Code section 8616

After adoption, the adopted child and the adoptive parents shall sustain towards each other the legal relationship of parent and child and have all the rights and are subject to all the duties of that relationship.

Source: Section 8616, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=FAM§ionNum=8616. (updated Jan. 1, 1994; accessed Aug. 10, 2026).

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Location: https://california.public.law/codes/family_code_section_8616

Original Source: Section 8616, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=FAM§ionNum=8616. (last accessed May 12, 2025).