California Refusal To Give Consent To Adoption is a legal process in which a relative or parent who has legal responsibility for a child can refuse to give consent to an adoption. This legal right is available to legal guardians who are not the biological parent of the child and to the biological parents of the child. Generally, a consent to adoption must be given by both the biological parents and the legal guardian. There are two primary types of California Refusal To Give Consent To Adoption: abandonment and non-abandonment. Abandonment occurs when the legal guardian or biological parent fails to provide for the child’s basic needs and fails to give reasonable support or contact for a period of at least six months. Non-abandonment occurs when the legal guardian or biological parent actively refuses to give consent to the adoption. In either case, the court must determine whether the refusal was in the best interest of the child or not. If the court finds that refusal is in the best interest of the child, then it will grant the refusal and the adoption will be denied.