Delaware Code
13 Del. C. § 954 (2026)
Effect of adoption
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Upon the issuance of the decree of adoption and forever thereafter, all the duties, rights, privileges and obligations recognized by law between parent and child shall exist between the petitioner or petitioners and the person or persons adopted, as fully and to all intents and purposes as if such person or persons were the lawful and natural offspring or issue of the petitioner or petitioners.
27 Del. Laws, c. 263, §§ 1-3; Code 1915, § 3067; Code 1935, § 3553; 13 Del. C. 1953, § 954;Notes of Decisions
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cases, 1976–1977 · leading case: Chichester v. Wilmington Trust Co., 377 A.2d 11 (Del. 1977).
Chichester v. Wilmington Trust Co., 377 A.2d 11 (Del. 1977). “*13 II The law governing the rights of adopted adults is set forth in 13 Del.C. § 954, 1 and accordingly we are called upon to construe that statute.”
Wilmington Trust Co. v. Chichester, 369 A.2d 701 (Del. Ch. 1976). “5 However, as noted previously, no separate, corresponding amendment was made to § 3553, the adult adoption statute, and consequently, 13 Del.C. § 954 now constitutes the only section specifically dealing with the effect of the adoption of an adult, and its language is almost…”
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