Section 9321.5 - Venue for filing petition(a) Notwithstanding Section 9321, a person who is a resident of this state may file a petition for adult adoption with the court in any of the following:(1) The county in which the prospective adoptive parent resides.(2) The county in which the proposed adoptee was born or resides at the time the petition was filed.(3) The county in which an office of the public or private agency that placed the proposed adoptee for foster care or adoption as a minor or dependent child is located.(b) A petitioner who is not a resident of this state may file a petition for adult adoption with the court in a county specified in paragraph (3) of subdivision (a).Renumbered from Ca. Fam. Code § 9213 and amended by Stats 2012 ch 162 (SB 1171),s 48, eff. 1/1/2013.Added by Stats 2011 ch 462 (AB 687),s 10, eff. 1/1/2012.