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Member Since: August 2003 Posts: 3,796 Send Message	Trish	Report	24 Oct 2004 18:22
	Thanks Geoff, that's brilliant..
Member Since: January 2003 Posts: 3,439 Send Message	Geoff	Report	24 Oct 2004 16:11
	This is US (actually when there is no will): "The adopted child is treated by law as the natural child of the adopting parents, upon the entry of the final adoption decree. The adopted child, therefore, gains the right to inherit from the adoptive parents and adoptive parents' relatives. Adoptive parents also gain the right to inherit from their adopted child." From here: http://naic.acf.hhs.gov/general/legal/statutes/inheritance.cfm
Member Since: August 2003 Posts: 3,796 Send Message	Trish	Report	24 Oct 2004 14:51
	If an inheritance is to be divided equally amongst the surviving blood line of a family where would an adopted child stand? This would be Canadian law I'm asking about.