Petition For Approval Of Adoption Agreement (Adult) {VN201}

VN201 ATTORNEY OF PARTY WITHOUT ATTORNEY (Name and Address) Telephone Number FOR COURT USE ONLY ATTORNEY FOR (Name): SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF VENTURA 4353 E. VINEYARD AVE, OXNARD, CA. 93036 Petitioner Adopting Parent: Petitioner Adopting Parent: Petitioner Adoptee: CASE NUMBER: PETITION FOR APPROVAL OF ADOPTION AGREEMENT (ADULT) (Family Code Sections 9300, et seq.) Petitioners are the adopting parent(s) and the proposed adoptee. They jointly submit this petition. 1. The adopting parent's name is ________________________________________________________________ Date of birth ___________________ Place of Birth ________________________________________________ Current age _______________ Current County/State/Country of Residence ______________________________________________________ Spouse's Name: ___________________________________________________________________________ The adopting parent's name is ________________________________________________________________ Date of birth ___________________ Place of Birth ________________________________________________ Current age _______________ Current County/State/Country of Residence ______________________________________________________ Spouse's Name: ___________________________________________________________________________ 2. The proposed adoptee's name is ______________________________________________________________ Date of birth ___________________ Place of Birth ________________________________________________ Current age _______________ Current County/State/Country of Residence ______________________________________________________ Spouse's Name: ___________________________________________________________________________ Mandatory Form VN201 (01/08) PETITION FOR APPROVAL OF ADOPTION AGREEMENT (ADULT) (Family Code Sections 9300, et seq.) Page 1 of 3 American LegalNet, Inc. www.FormsWorkFlow.com VN201 Short Title: Case Number: 3. The following describes the length and nature of the adopting parent's and the adoptee's relationship including the degree of kinship, if any (attach additional pages if needed): ____________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________ The adopting parent(s) and adoptee are not related. 4. The prospective adoptive parent(s) is/are a provider of board and care, treatment, habilitation, or other services to persons with developmental disabilities or is a spouse or employee of a provider. The proposed adoptee is an adult with developmental disabilities 5. Neither the adopting parent nor her/his spouse has adopted another unrelated adult within one year of filing of this petition. The adopting parent and/or the adopting parent's spouse have/has adopted another unrelated adult whose name is ______________________________, within one year of the filing of this petition, but the current proposed adoptee is: the biological sibling of the previously adopted adult disabled or physically handicapped. 6. 7. We have agreed and have filed with this petition a signed agreement to assume toward each other the legal relation of parent(s) and child and to have all of the rights and be subject to all of the duties and responsibilities of that relationship. Our spouses, if any, are capable of giving and have signed a written consent to this adoption that we will file prior to the adoption hearing. The following explains why we believe this adoption is in the best interest of the adopting parent(s), the adoptee and the public: ____________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________ Because this adoption will establish legally a relationship that has existed in fact, and because it is in the best interest of the parties to have the legal rights and obligations of parent and child, including rights relating to inheritance and duties of support. This adoption is in the public's interest for the same reasons and particularly because it will create legal duties of support between the adopting parent(s) and adoptee and thereby reduce the likelihood of the parties becoming a public charge in the future. 8. 9. 10. The proposed adoptee wishes to take the family name of the adopting parent(s) and requests the court order the adoptee's new name to be: ____________________________________________________________________________________________ Mandatory Form VN201 (01/08) PETITION FOR APPROVAL OF ADOPTION AGREEMENT (ADULT) (Family Code Sections 9300, et seq.) Page 2 of 3 American LegalNet, Inc. www.FormsWorkFlow.com VN201 Short Title: Case Number: 11. We ask the court to approve the adoption and to declare that the adopting parent(s) and the adoptee have the legal relationship of parent and child, with all rights and duties of this relationship. VERIFICATION I declare, under penalty of perjury under California State law, that the information above is true and correct. Date:_____________________________ Signed at _______________________________ (city), California. ____________________________________ Print name of adopting parent _______________________________________, Petitioner Signature of adopting parent ____________________________________ Print name of adopting parent _______________________________________, Petitioner Signature of adopting parent ____________________________________ Print name of adoptee _______________________________________, Petitioner Signature of adoptee Mandatory Form VN201 (01/08) PETITION FOR APPROVAL OF ADOPTION AGREEMENT (ADULT) (Family Code Sections 9300, et seq.) Page 3 of 3 American LegalNet, Inc. www.FormsWorkFlow.com