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As the above have stated it does depend on your circumstances. With our daughter and son (both private adoptions), both bfathers reliqueshed their rights before they came home. Both bmothers relinqueshed their rights the day they came home. 24 hours later their relinqueshements were final (meaning they could not change their minds). CA requires a 6month post placement time period. This period is strictly for the agency to report that the placement is a good match and that the child is growing and is happy, etc. (again, this is if the parents rights have been reliqueshed already) During those 6months we had a few social worker visits and then we went to court. It usually takes a couple of months after the 6month period to actually get a court date.

CA does allow the bfather to sign before the child is born. CA also allows the bmother to sign as soon as she is medically discharged from the hospital. Our agency held the reliqueshments for 24 hours and then sent them up to Sacramento to be recorded.