California Adopt 315 Request to Enforce, Change or End Contact After Adoption
Use this form for Enforcing, Changing or Ending a Contact After Adoption in the State of California.
Text Version of the Form
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ADOPT-315 Request to: Enforce, Change, End Clerk stamps below when form is filed.
Contact After Adoption Agreement1 Your name(s) (adopting parent(s)):
a.
b.Relationship to child:
Your address (skip this if you have a lawyer):
Street:
City: State: Zip:
Your phone #: ( ) Court name and street address:
Your lawyer (if you have one): (Name, address, phone #, and State Bar #): Superior Court of California, County of2 Child’s name (if known) :
Case Number:
Child’s adopted name (if known) :Date of birth: Age:
3 I/We want to (check one): Enforce Change End
an existing Contact After Adoption Agreement.The judge will not look at your request unless you and the other people who
signed ADOPT-310 first try to come to an agreement using mediation or some
other form of dispute resolution.4 List all people who signed the original Contact After Adoption Agreement (ADOPT-310).
If the agreement was confidential, write “Confidential” instead of the person’s name.Name/Relationship to child:
a.
b.
c.
d.
Notice to people listed in ❹ who are served with this form:
■ The adoption of the child named in ❷ is still valid.
■ The adoption can never be canceled or changed.
■ If you disagree with this form, you must file ADOPT-320 within 30 days after receiving this form.Judicial Council of California, www.courtinfo.ca.gov Request to: Enforce, Change, End ADOPT-315, Page 1 of 2
Rev. January 1, 2003, Mandatory Form
Family Code §§ 8714.5, 8714.7; Contact After Adoption Agreement ➔
Welfare & Institutions Code, § 366.26———————– Page 2———————–
Case Number:
Your name(s):
5 A ttach to this request:
■ A copy of ADOPT-310 (Contact After Adoption Agreement)
■ A copy of the signed, written agreement about Contact After Adoption, if there is one
■ Proof of Service showing this form was served to each person in ❹, along with a blank answer form (ADOPT-320)6 If any person in ❹ was not served, you must explain in writing why he or she was not served.
A ttach a sheet of paper and write “ADOPT-315, Item 6” at the top.
Check below, if true:
a. I do not know the names of the other people who signed the original Contact After Adoption Agreement,
so I could not serve them.
b. The other people who signed the original Contact After Adoption Agreement (ADOPT-310) agree with
what I am asking in this request and have signed ADOPT-320.7 Remember: The judge will not look at your request until all people who signed ADOPT-310 have tried to come to
an agreement using mediation or other form of dispute resolution.8 Check one of the boxes below:
I/We ask the court to:
a. Enforce ADOPT-310. Explain how the original agreement has not been followed:If y ou need more space, attach a sheet of paper and write “ADOPT-315, Item 8—Enforce 310” at the top.
b. Change ADOPT-310. Describe the changes you want and how these changes will be good for the child:If y ou need more space, attach a sheet of paper and write “ADOPT-315, Item 8—Change 310” at the top.
c. End ADOPT-310. Explain why you want to end the agreement and how ending the agreement will be good for
the child:If y ou need more space, attach a sheet of paper and write “ADOPT-315, Item 8—End 310” at the top.
Number of pages attached:
9 I/We declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the State of California that the information in this form is
true and correct, which means if I lie on this form, I am guilty of a crime.Date: ➤
Type or print your name Sign your name
Date: ➤
Type or print your name Sign your name
Rev. January 1, 2003 Request to: Enforce, Change, End ADOPT-315, Page 2 of 2
Contact After Adoption Agreement