§ 5-3B-25. Effects of order for adoption

   (a) Distribution by will. -- This subsection does not limit the right of an individual to provide for distribution of property by will.

(b) Parent-child relationship. -- Except as provided in § 2-123 of the Real Property Article, after a court enters an order for adoption under this subtitle:

   (1) the adoptee:

      (i) is the offspring of the adoptive parent for all intents and purposes; and

      (ii) is entitled to all of the rights and privileges of and is subject to all of the obligations of offspring born to the adoptive parent;

   (2) each of the adoptee's living parents is:

      (i) relieved of all parental duties and obligations to the adoptee; and

      (ii) divested of all parental rights as to the adoptee; and

   (3) the Estates and Trusts Article shall govern all of the rights of inheritance between the adoptee and parental relatives.

(c) Adoption of adult. -- Adoption of an adult has the same legal effect as adoption of a minor.

HISTORY: 2005, ch. 464, § 3; 2006, ch. 365, § 1, 2.