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13 Del. C. § 919 (2026)

General effect of adoption

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(a) Upon the issuance of the decree of adoption, the adopted child shall be considered the child of the adopting parent or parents, entitled to the same rights and privileges and subject to the same duties and obligations as if such child had been born to the adopting parent or parents.

(b) Upon the issuance of a decree of adoption, the adopted child shall no longer be considered the child of such child’s birth parent or parents and shall no longer be entitled to any of the rights or privileges or subject to any of the duties or obligations of a child with respect to the birth parent or parents; but, when a child is adopted by a stepparent such child’s relationship to the birth parent who is married to the stepparent shall in no way be altered by reason of the adoption.

Code 1935, §  3551I;  48 Del. Laws, c. 134, §  3;  13 Del. C. 1953, §  919;  68 Del. Laws, c. 259, §  1;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;  84 Del. Laws, c. 42, § 1; 
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 7 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1971–2024 · leading case: Haskell v. Wilmington Trust Co., 304 A.2d 53 (Del. 1973).
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Haskell v. Wilmington Trust Co., 304 A.2d 53 (Del. 1973). “The Chancellor held that the inter vivos trust agreement and the will of Trustor manifest an intent on his part that the law as it exists at the termination of the life estate be applied in order to ascertain the members of the class which take as ultimate beneficiaries upon…”
Jackson v. Riggs Nat'l Bank of Washington, D.C., 314 A.2d 178 (Del. 1973). “The ‘ future law here involved is 13 Del.C. §§ 919 and 920 (1952). 3 The public policy of our State, reflected thereby, is that adopted children are to be considered under the law as natural children.”
Wilmington Trust Co. v. Huber, 311 A.2d 892 (Del. Ch. 1973). “However, the meanings of the words child and grandchild were, as noted above, changed by statute in 1952 so as to grant to adopted children the same rights to inherit from lineal or collateral relatives as that possessed by natural born children, 13 Del.C. § 919(a) and § 920(b).…”
Benz v. Wilmington Trust Co., 333 A.2d 169 (Del. 1975). “The pertinent facts appear in the opinion of the Vice Chancellor, (1973). As stated therein, the trusts were created in 1951 and the basic issue is whether the adopted children are, by virtue of 1952 statutes (13 Del.”
Wilmington Trust Co. v. Haskell, 282 A.2d 636 (Del. Ch. 1971). · cites it 2× “3 Since July 1, 1952 the rights of adopted children have been fixed by 13 Del.C. §§ 919 and 920 which read as follows : § 919.”
Wilmington Trust Co. v. Chichester, 369 A.2d 701 (Del. Ch. 1976). “2d 182 : “The ‘future law’ here involved is 13 Del.C. §§ 919 and 920 (1952). The public policy of our State, reflected thereby, is that adopted children are to be considered under the law as natural children.”
Alison Helena Moroney v. Kelly Lynn Majerus (Va. Ct. App. 2024). “13 Del C. § 919. -9- meaning that, as a matter of law, the child has only one mother.”
— 13 Del. C. § 919(a) — 2 cases
Wilmington Trust Co. v. Huber, 311 A.2d 892 (Del. Ch. 1973). “However, the meanings of the words child and grandchild were, as noted above, changed by statute in 1952 so as to grant to adopted children the same rights to inherit from lineal or collateral relatives as that possessed by natural born children, 13 Del.C. § 919(a) and § 920(b).…”
Benz v. Wilmington Trust Co., 333 A.2d 169 (Del. 1975). “The pertinent facts appear in the opinion of the Vice Chancellor, (1973). As stated therein, the trusts were created in 1951 and the basic issue is whether the adopted children are, by virtue of 1952 statutes (13 Del.”
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