Vermont § 1-104 - Legal relationship between adoptee and adoptive parent after adoption When a decree of adoption becomes final:
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§ 1-104. Legal relationship between adoptee and adoptive parent after adoption When a decree of adoption becomes final:
- (1) the adoptive parent and the adoptee have the legal relation of parent and child and
have all the rights and duties of that relationship including the right of inheritance
and succession from or through each other and the kindred of the adoptive parent;
and (2) the adoptee is the child, heir, or issue of the adoptive parent for the purposes of
interpretation or construction of a donative disposition in any instrument, whether
executed before or after an adoption, unless the instrument expressly states a contrary
intention or excludes the adoptee by name or by classification not based on a family
or parent and child relationship. (Added 1995, No. 161 (Adj
Source: official Vermont text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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