CA AB724

Requires adoptive parents who finalized intercountry adoptions in foreign countries to file a readoption petition within 60 days of the child's entry into the United States or by the child's 16th birthday, whichever is sooner.

Readoption petition must include the foreign adoption decree, certified birth certificate, proof of lawful entry to the U.S., a postplacement home visit report from a licensed intercountry adoption agency, and the original home study report.

If adoptive parents fail to file the petition by the deadline, the adoption agency that facilitated the adoption must file within 90 days of the child's entry into the U.S., and the adoptive parent becomes liable for all costs and fees incurred.

Requires courts to notify appropriate authorities if they find evidence that a child may be subject to human trafficking or abuse as defined in the Welfare and Institutions Code.

Requires court clerks to submit granted readoption orders to the State Registrar, which shall issue a delayed birth registration listing the adoptive parents as legal parents.