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Family Code § 8616

CHAPTER 1. General Provisions

Current as of September 28, 2026Fam. Code, § 8616Official source ↗

Enacted by Stats. 1992, Ch. 162, Sec. 10. Operative January 1, 1994.

After adoption, the adopted child and the adoptive parents shall sustain towards each other the legal relationship of parent and child and have all the rights and are subject to all the duties of that relationship.