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Mich. Comp. Laws § 710.60 (2026)

Adoptee to be known and called by new name; status and liability of persons adopting adoptee; rights and duties of adopted person; adopted person as heir at law; order for grandparenting time.

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PROBATE CODE OF 1939


Act 288 of 1939


710.60 Adoptee to be known and called by new name; status and liability of persons adopting adoptee; rights and duties of adopted person; adopted person as heir at law; order for grandparenting time.

Sec. 60.

    (1) After the entry of an order of adoption, if the adoptee's name is changed, the adoptee shall be known and called by the new name. The person or persons adopting the adoptee then become the parent or parents of the adoptee under the law as though the adopted person had been born to the adopting parents and are liable for all the duties and entitled to all the rights of parents.

    (2) After entry of the order of adoption, there is no distinction between the rights and duties of natural progeny and adopted persons, and the adopted person becomes an heir at law of the adopting parent or parents and an heir at law of the lineal and collateral kindred of the adopting parent or parents. After entry of the order of adoption, except as provided in section 2114(2) of the estates and protected individuals code, 1998 PA 386, MCL 700.2114, an adopted child is no longer an heir at law of a parent whose rights have been terminated under this chapter or chapter XIIA or the lineal or collateral kindred of that parent, nor is an adopted adult an heir at law of a person who was his or her parent at the time the order of adoption was entered or the lineal or collateral kindred of that person, except that a right, title, or interest that has vested before entry of the final order of adoption is not divested by that order.

    (3) This section does not prohibit the filing of an action or entry of an order for grandparenting time as provided in section 7b of the child custody act of 1970, 1970 PA 91, MCL 722.27b.

History: Add. 1974, Act 296, Eff. Jan. 1, 1975 ;-- Am. 1980, Act 116, Eff. Sept. 12, 1980 ;-- Am. 1982, Act 72, Imd. Eff. Apr. 14, 1982 ;-- Am. 1982, Act 341, Imd. Eff. Dec. 17, 1982 ;-- Am. 1996, Act 16, Eff. June 1, 1996 ;-- Am. 1996, Act 409, Eff. Jan. 1, 1998 ;-- Am. 2006, Act 352, Imd. Eff. Sept. 18, 2006

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Cited in 30 cases (3 in the last 5 years), 1976–2022 · leading case: Jones v. Slick, 619 N.W.2d 733 (Mich. Ct. App. 2000).
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Jones v. Slick, 619 N.W.2d 733 (Mich. Ct. App. 2000). · cites it 6× “] The second applicable statute, commonly referred to as the effect-of-adoption statute, MCL 710.60; MSA 27.3178(555.60) (hereinafter § 60), states: (1) After the entry of the order of adoption, the adoptee shall, in case of a change of name, be known and called by the new name.”
In re Keillor, 923 N.W.2d 617 (Mich. Ct. App. 2018). “I fail to see how remanding for a second hearing under these unusual facts and legal conclusions is anything but a bottom-line threshold to ensure the fair and proper proceedings respondent and these children deserve.”
Bikos v. Nobliski, 276 N.W.2d 541 (Mich. Ct. App. 1979). · cites it 3× “Also important in this case is the effect of subsection 1 of §60 of the Adoption Code, MCL 710.60; MSA 27.3178(555.60): "(1) After the entry of the order of adoption, the adoptee shall, in case of a change of name, be known and called by the new name.”
In re Beck, 793 N.W.2d 562 (Mich. 2010). “See MCL 710.60(1) (stating that adoptive parents “become the parent or parents of the adoptee under the law as though the adopted person had been horn to the adopting parents and are liable for all the duties and entitled to all the rights of parents”); see also MCL 722.”
Wilson v. King, 827 N.W.2d 203 (Mich. Ct. App. 2012). · cites it 6× “MCL 710.60 is “commonly referred to as the effect-of-adoption statute,” Jones v Slick, 242 Mich App 715, 720 ; 619 NW2d 733 (2000), and it currently provides, in relevant part: After the entry of an order of adoption, if the adoptee’s name is changed, the adoptee shall be known…”
Smith v. Oakland Cnty. Circuit Court, 344 F. Supp. 2d 1030 (E.D. Mich. 2004). “§ 710.60: (1) After the entry of the order of adoption, the adoptee shall, in case of a change of name, be known and called by the new name.”
In Re Adams, 473 N.W.2d 712 (Mich. Ct. App. 1991). · cites it 2× “60), which provides in pertinent part: *545 (1) After the entry of the order of adoption, the adoptee shall, in case of a change of name, be known and called by the new name. The person or persons adopting the adoptee shall thereafter stand in the place of a parent or parents to…”
Theodore v. Packing Materials, Inc, 240 N.W.2d 255 (Mich. 1976). “MCLA 710.60; MSA 27.3178(555.60). This provision represents legislative recognition that no rational basis exists for permitting an adopted child to retain a birthright of inheritance from his natural parents when their legal relationship has been terminated.”
In the Matter of McDuel, 369 N.W.2d 912 (Mich. Ct. App. 1985). “At any rate, this isolated occurrence would be clearly insufficient for a termination of parental rights.”
In Re Dodge Trust, 330 N.W.2d 72 (Mich. Ct. App. 1982). “42 MCL 710.60(2); MSA 27.3178(555.60X2). 43 In re Brown Estate, 362 Mich 47 ; 106 NW2d 535 ; 100 ALR2d 322 (1960); Cattell v Evans, 301 Mich 708 ; 4 NW2d 67 (1942); Southgate v Karp,”
In Re Toth, 577 N.W.2d 111 (Mich. Ct. App. 1998). “2 The effect of MCL 710.60(1); MSA 27.3178(555.60)(1) is to make the adopted child, as much as possible, a natural child of the adopting parents, and to make the adopting parents, as much as possible, the natural parents of the child.”
In Re Adolphson Est., 271 N.W.2d 511 (Mich. 1978). “However, in the Michigan Adoption Code, part of 1974 PA 296 , effective January 1, 1975, the proviso was dropped and express language to the contrary became the law (MCL 710.60; MSA 27.3178[555.60]): "(2) After entry of the order of adoption there shall not be any distinction…”
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— Mich. Comp. Laws § 710.60(1) — 13 cases
In re Keillor, 923 N.W.2d 617 (Mich. Ct. App. 2018). “I fail to see how remanding for a second hearing under these unusual facts and legal conclusions is anything but a bottom-line threshold to ensure the fair and proper proceedings respondent and these children deserve.”
In re Beck, 793 N.W.2d 562 (Mich. 2010). “See MCL 710.60(1) (stating that adoptive parents “become the parent or parents of the adoptee under the law as though the adopted person had been horn to the adopting parents and are liable for all the duties and entitled to all the rights of parents”); see also MCL 722.”
Jones v. Slick, 619 N.W.2d 733 (Mich. Ct. App. 2000). “] The second applicable statute, commonly referred to as the effect-of-adoption statute, MCL 710.60; MSA 27.3178(555.60) (hereinafter § 60), states: (1) After the entry of the order of adoption, the adoptee shall, in case of a change of name, be known and called by the new name.”
Wilson v. King, 827 N.W.2d 203 (Mich. Ct. App. 2012). “MCL 710.60 is “commonly referred to as the effect-of-adoption statute,” Jones v Slick, 242 Mich App 715, 720 ; 619 NW2d 733 (2000), and it currently provides, in relevant part: After the entry of an order of adoption, if the adoptee’s name is changed, the adoptee shall be known…”
In Re Toth, 577 N.W.2d 111 (Mich. Ct. App. 1998). “2 The effect of MCL 710.60(1); MSA 27.3178(555.60)(1) is to make the adopted child, as much as possible, a natural child of the adopting parents, and to make the adopting parents, as much as possible, the natural parents of the child.”
— Mich. Comp. Laws § 710.60(2) — 8 cases
In Re Dodge Trust, 330 N.W.2d 72 (Mich. Ct. App. 1982). “42 MCL 710.60(2); MSA 27.3178(555.60X2). 43 In re Brown Estate, 362 Mich 47 ; 106 NW2d 535 ; 100 ALR2d 322 (1960); Cattell v Evans, 301 Mich 708 ; 4 NW2d 67 (1942); Southgate v Karp,”
in Re R J K Timon Minor (Mich. Ct. App. 2018).
People of Michigan v. John Antonya Moss (Mich. 2019).
People of Michigan v. John Antonya Moss (Mich. Ct. App. 2020).
People of Michigan v. John Antonya Moss (Mich. 2022).
— Mich. Comp. Laws § 710.60(3) — 4 cases
Jones v. Slick, 619 N.W.2d 733 (Mich. Ct. App. 2000). “] The second applicable statute, commonly referred to as the effect-of-adoption statute, MCL 710.60; MSA 27.3178(555.60) (hereinafter § 60), states: (1) After the entry of the order of adoption, the adoptee shall, in case of a change of name, be known and called by the new name.”
People of Michigan v. John Antonya Moss (Mich. 2022).
People of Michigan v. John Antonya Moss (Mich. 2022).
People of Michigan v. John Antonya Moss (Mich. 2022).
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