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Ky. Rev. Stat. § 199.530 (2026)

Repealed, 1956

✓ current as of May 2026
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Catchline at repeal: Judgment of adoption --Name and legal status of adopted child -- Inheritance rights. History: Repealed 1956 Ky. Acts ch. 157, sec. 15. -- Created 1950 Ky. Acts ch. 125, sec. 16.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 10 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1953–2022 · leading case: Bedinger v. Graybill's & Tr., 302 S.W.2d 594 (Ky. Ct. App. 1957).
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Bedinger v. Graybill's & Tr., 302 S.W.2d 594 (Ky. Ct. App. 1957). · cites it 4× “KRS 199.530; Major v. Kammer, Ky., 258 S.”
Smith v. Wilson, 269 S.W.2d 255 (Ky. Ct. App. 1954). · cites it 3× “But the judgment of adoption in this particular case substantially accomplishes the same end, for KRS 199.530 declares, inter alia, that an adopted child "shall be considered, for purposes of inheritance and succession and for all other legal considerations, the natural,…”
Edmands v. Tice, 324 S.W.2d 491 (Ky. Ct. App. 1958). · cites it 2× “The Kentucky adoption statute, KRS 199.530(2), provides, in part: "Any child adopted pursuant to the provisions of KRS 199.”
Wright v. Howard, 711 S.W.2d 492 (Ky. Ct. App. 1986). “Rhorer, supra, wherein after reviewing the provisions of then KRS 199.530 (the predecessor statute to our present KRS 199.”
Hicks v. Enlow, 764 S.W.2d 68 (Ky. 1989). “While this reasoning might have made sense in construing an earlier statute with more restrictive language (KRS 199.530 which was enacted in 1950 and repealed in 1956), with reference to the new 1956 statute the court’s reasoning seems more result oriented than logical.”
Major v. Kammer, 258 S.W.2d 506 (Ky. Ct. App. 1953). · cites it 2× “This section was repealed and re-enacted by the General Assembly at its 1940, 1946, and 1950 sessions, the 1950 Act now being KRS 199.530. In construing the former statute, the decisions of this Court' have indicated that an adopted child, so far as intestate succession is…”
Jouett v. Rhorer, 339 S.W.2d 865 (Ky. Ct. App. 1960). “According to KRS 199.530(2) a child when adopted shall be freed from all legal obligation of obedience to the parents or parent from whom it is severed.”
Stanfield v. Willoughby, 286 S.W.2d 908 (Ky. Ct. App. 1956). · cites it 3× “Appellants maintain the judgment should be reversed because it is their view KRS 199.530 mandatorily directs the name of the child to be changed in accordance with the prayer of the complaint.”
Kentucky Trust Co. v. Sweeney, 163 F. Supp. 450 (W.D. Ky. 1958). · cites it 3× “This case, however, was decided prior to the 1956 repeal of KRS 199.530 and amendment of KRS 199.520.”
M.S.S. v. J.E.B. (Ky. 2022). · cites it 2× “But the judgment of adoption in this particular case substantially accomplishes the same end, for KRS 199.530 declares, inter alia, that an adopted child ‘shall be considered, for purposes of inheritance and succession and for all other legal considerations, the natural,…”
— Ky. Rev. Stat. § 199.530(2) — 4 cases
Edmands v. Tice, 324 S.W.2d 491 (Ky. Ct. App. 1958). “The Kentucky adoption statute, KRS 199.530(2), provides, in part: "Any child adopted pursuant to the provisions of KRS 199.”
Jouett v. Rhorer, 339 S.W.2d 865 (Ky. Ct. App. 1960). “According to KRS 199.530(2) a child when adopted shall be freed from all legal obligation of obedience to the parents or parent from whom it is severed.”
Smith v. Wilson, 269 S.W.2d 255 (Ky. Ct. App. 1954). “But the judgment of adoption in this particular case substantially accomplishes the same end, for KRS 199.530 declares, inter alia, that an adopted child "shall be considered, for purposes of inheritance and succession and for all other legal considerations, the natural,…”
M.S.S. v. J.E.B. (Ky. 2022). “But the judgment of adoption in this particular case substantially accomplishes the same end, for KRS 199.530 declares, inter alia, that an adopted child ‘shall be considered, for purposes of inheritance and succession and for all other legal considerations, the natural,…”
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