2007 Minnesota Statutes

524.2-114 MEANING OF CHILD AND RELATED TERMS.
If, for purposes of intestate succession, a relationship of parent and child must be established
to determine succession by, through, or from a person:
(1) An adopted person is the child of an adopting parent and not of the birth parents except
that adoption of a child by the spouse of a birth parent has no effect on the relationship between
the child and that birth parent. If a parent dies and a child is subsequently adopted by a stepparent
who is the spouse of a surviving parent, any rights of inheritance of the child or the child's
descendant from or through the deceased parent of the child which exist at the time of the death of
that parent shall not be affected by the adoption.
(2) In cases not covered by clause (1), a person is the child of the person's parents regardless
of the marital status of the parents and the parent and child relationship may be established under
the Parentage Act, sections 257.51 to 257.74.
History: 1985 c 250 s 13; 1994 c 465 art 1 s 62; 1994 c 472 s 13; 1994 c 631 s 31; 2005
c 10 art 1 s 75