Civil Code section 227b authorizes the superior court to set aside a decree of adoption within five years of its entry where the adopted child manifests a developmental disability or mental illness as a result of conditions which existed prior to the adoption and of which the adoptive parents had neither knowledge nor notice. The disability or illness must also be of such nature that the child is considered unadoptable...
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