2024 California Rules of Court
Rule 5.492. Adoption by a United States resident of a child resident in a foreign country that is party to the Hague Adoption Convention
A United States resident who plans to adopt, in California, a child resident in a foreign country that is party to the Hague Adoption Convention must provide to the California court the required proof, in the form of a Hague Custody Declaration, that all required Hague Adoption Convention findings have been made by the child's country of residence.
Rule 5.492 adopted effective July 1, 2013.