2010 Maryland Code
ESTATES AND TRUSTS
TITLE 1 - ESTATES OF DECEDENTS - GENERAL PROVISIONS
Subtitle 2 - Determining Relationship
Section 1-207 - Adopted child.
§ 1-207. Adopted child.
(a) General rule.- An adopted child shall be treated as a natural child of his adopting parent or parents. On adoption, a child no longer shall be considered a child of either natural parent, except that upon adoption by the spouse of a natural parent, the child shall still be considered the child of that natural parent.
(b) More than one adoption.- A child who has been adopted more than once shall be considered to be a child of the parent or parents who have adopted him most recently and shall cease to be considered a child of his previous parents.
[An. Code 1957, art. 93, § 1-207; 1974, ch. 11, § 2; 2005, ch. 465.]
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