Intestate Inheritance Rights

Series Title: State Statutes Series 2003

Author(s): National Adoption Information Clearinghouse

Year Published: 2004

Issues of property distribution may arise when a birth parent or adoptive parent dies without making a valid will or without naming an heir to particular property (referred to as "intestacy"). In these cases, State law determines who may inherit from whom. All 50 States and the Territories of the United States specify an adopted child's rights of inheritance from and through the adoptive and biological parents. Current through July 2003, this document sets forth the laws of each State and Territory regarding intestate succession as it affects adopted children.

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