(a)An adoption severs the relationship of parent and child between an adopted person and a natural parent of the adopted person unless both of the following requirements are satisfied:
(1)The natural parent and the adopted person lived together at any time as parent and child, or the natural parent was married to or cohabiting with the other natural parent at the time the person was conceived and died before the person’s birth.
(2)The adoption was by the spouse of either of the natural parents or after the death of either of the natural parents.
(b)Neither a natural parent nor a relative of a natural parent, except for a wholeblood brother or sister of the adopted person or the issue of that brother or sister, inherits from or through the adopted person on the basis of a parent and child relationship between the adopted person and the natural parent that satisfies the requirements of paragraphs (1) and (2) of subdivision (a), unless the adoption is by the spouse or surviving spouse of that parent.
(c)For the purpose of this section, a prior adoptive parent and child relationship is treated as a natural parent and child relationship.
Notes of Decisions
Stennett v. Miller (2019)
calctapp5d
“, Prob. Code, § 6451 [adoption severs the relationship of parent and child unless certain requirements are satisfied]; see also Prob.”
Jackson v. Fitzgibbons (2005)
calctapp · cites it 2×
“) Probate Code section 6451, subdivision (a) provides the rules for intestate succession for persons who have been adopted, including persons whose parents have voluntarily *336 relinquished them.”
Griffin v. Sheeran (2019)
ilsd
“Defendants claim that, under California law, children who have been adopted by others have no right to inherit from their biological parents, citing Cal. Prob. Code § 6451 (a) ("An adoption severs the relationship of parent and child between an adopted person and a natural…”
Phraner v. Cote Mart, Inc. (1997)
calctapp
“Probate Code section 6451 states, in pertinent part: “(a) An adoption severs the relationship of parent and child between an adopted person and a natural parent of the adopted person unless both of the following requirements are satisfied: [H (1) The natural parent and the…”
Stennett v. Miller (2019)
calctapp
“, Prob. Code, § 6451 [adoption severs the relationship of parent and child unless certain requirements are satisfied]; see also Prob.”
Poole v. Healthright 360 (2025)
cand
“6 7 Cal. Prob. Code § 6451 (a). Thus, where a natural parent never lived with the adopted person and 8 did not live with the other natural parent at the time the adopted person was conceived and die 9 before the adopted person’s birth, adoption severs the parent child…”
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