[WSBAPT] Adoptee is not the "child" or "descendent" of biological/non-adoptive parent

[Jon Fritzler]

With respect to RCW Title 11 (Probate and Trust Law), RCW 11.04.085 provides that a lawfully adopted child shall not be considered an "heir" of his or her natural parents.


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Subject: [WSBAPT] Adoptee is not the "child" or "descendent" of biological/non-adoptive parent

Hello Listmates,

Does anyone have a citation handy for the proposition that when a biological parent places a child for adoption and the adoption is finalized, the adoptee will no longer fall within the definition of child or descendant of the biological parent as that term is used in statutes, contracts, wills etc.

The statutes I have reviewed state that adoptees are the issue of the adoptive parent (e.g RCW11.02.005(11) and RCW 22.33.260), but I have not come across anything that explicitly states the inverse - that adoptee is no longer the issue of the biological parent.

I'm sure I could dig up a case, but I thought I'd check here first and see if anyone has chased this down before.

Warmly,
Laura



Laura Latta
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