Regulaciones sobre la adopción y beneficios económicos en California

Explicación Simple

Esta ley dice que no puedes recibir dinero por poner a un niño en adopción. También prohíbe que los padres pidan dinero y luego no dejen que el niño sea adoptado.

Es como si alguien te prestara dinero para un proyecto, pero tú nunca tuvieras la intención de hacerlo. Eso no está bien.

Ejemplo Práctico

María estaba esperando un bebé y, al mismo tiempo, habló con dos familias que querían adoptarlo. Si María acepta dinero de ambas familias para gastos médicos, pero no tiene la intención de dejar que ninguna de ellas adopte, estaría rompiendo la ley.

Penalidades

Multa de hasta $2,500 o hasta un año de cárcel en el condado.

Texto Original del Estatuto (Inglés)

Penal Code - PEN PART 1. OF CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS [25 - 680.4] ( Part 1 enacted 1872. ) TITLE 9. OF CRIMES AGAINST THE PERSON INVOLVING SEXUAL ASSAULT, AND CRIMES AGAINST PUBLIC DECENCY AND GOOD MORALS [261 - 368.7] ( Heading of Title 9 amended by Stats. 1982, Ch. 1111, Sec. 2. ) CHAPTER 2. Abandonment and Neglect of Children [270 - 273.76] ( Chapter 2 enacted 1872. ) 273. (a) It is a misdemeanor for any person or agency to pay, offer to pay, or to receive money or anything of value for the placement for adoption or for the consent to an adoption of a child. This subdivision shall not apply to any fee paid for adoption services provided by the State Department of Social Services, a licensed adoption agency, adoption services providers, as defined in Section 8502 of the Family Code, or an attorney providing adoption legal services. (b) This section shall not make it unlawful to pay or receive the maternity-connected medical or hospital and necessary living expenses of the mother preceding and during confinement as an act of charity, as long as the payment is not contingent upon placement of the child for adoption, consent to the adoption, or cooperation in the completion of the adoption. (c) It is a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment in a county jail not exceeding one year or by a fine not exceeding two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500) for any parent to obtain the financial benefits set forth in subdivision (b) with the intent to receive those financial benefits where there is an intent to do either of the following: (1) Not complete the adoption. (2) Not consent to the adoption. (d) It is a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment in a county jail not exceeding one year or by a fine not exceeding two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500) for any parent