2005 Minnesota Statutes - 524.2-114 — Meaning of child and related terms.

     524.2-114 Meaning of child and related terms. 


    If, for purposes of intestate succession, a relationship of 
 parent and child must be established to determine succession by, 
 through, or from a person: 


    (1) An adopted person is the child of an adopting parent 
 and not of the birth parents except that adoption of a child by 
 the spouse of a birth parent has no effect on the relationship 
 between the child and that birth parent.  If a parent dies and a 
 child is subsequently adopted by a stepparent who is the spouse 
 of a surviving parent, any rights of inheritance of the child or 
 the child's descendant from or through the deceased parent of 
 the child which exist at the time of the death of that parent 
 shall not be affected by the adoption. 


    (2) In cases not covered by clause (1), a person is the 
 child of the person's parents regardless of the marital status 
 of the parents and the parent and child relationship may be 
 established under the Parentage Act, sections 257.51 to 257.74. 


    HIST: 1985 c 250 s 13; 1994 c 465 art 1 s 62; 1994 c 472 s 13; 
 1994 c 631 s 31; 2005 c 10 art 1 s 75