Adoption And Inheritance Rights In California

Legal adoptions provide adopted children the same rights as their adoptive parent’s biological children. This same tenet continues through in intestate succession. So, if a parent dies without a will or surviving spouse, the estate is divided equally between the parent’s biological and adopted children. 

However, things do not necessarily work in reverse. And, because individuals have the right to leave their estate to any heirs or beneficiaries they choose, this doesn’t mean adopted, or biological children always split things evenly.

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