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

[Laura Latta]

Thank you, Dalynne!

On Sat, May 3, 2025 at 10:19 AM Dalynne Singleton <dalynne at glgmail.com>
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> wsbapt-bounces at lists.wsbarppt.com> *On Behalf Of *Laura Latta
> *Sent:* Friday, May 2, 2025 5:06 PM
> *To:* WSBA Probate & Trust Listserv <wsbapt at lists.wsbarppt.com>
> *Subject:* [WSBAPT] Adoptee is not the "child" or "descendent" of
> biological/non-adoptive parent
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> Hello Listmates,
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> Warmly,
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> Laura
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