CALIFORNIA FAMILY LAW
...Custody and Visitation
......Nonparents-Custody Award
.........Second Parent Independent Adoption
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Second parent adoption accomplished by independent adoption is valid. FC 8617, requiring relinquishment of parental rights, is a nonmandatory consequence of an adoption and can be waived by parties.

A petition for a third party independent adoption is not governed by Fam. Code §7612 (c).