Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes

20 Pa. Cons. Stat. § 2108 (2026)

Adopted person.

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§ 2108. Adopted person.

For purposes of inheritance by, from and through an adopted person he shall be considered the issue of his adopting parent or parents. An adopted person shall not be considered as continuing to be the child or issue of his natural parents except in distributing the estate of a natural kin, other than the natural parent, who has maintained a family relationship with the adopted person. If a natural parent shall have married the adopting parent, the adopted person for purposes of inheritance by, from and through him shall also be considered the issue of such natural parent.

(July 9, 1976, P.L.551, No.135, eff. imd.)

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 3 cases, 1986–2003 · leading case: In Re Est. of Liscio, 638 A.2d 1019 (Pa. Super. Ct. 1994).

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In Re Est. of Liscio, 638 A.2d 1019 (Pa. Super. Ct. 1994). · cites it 2× “See 20 Pa.C.S. § 2108. The petition to revoke the letters subsequently was withdrawn, when counsel for the estate agreed to give notice to Ms.”

Bahl v. Lambert Farms, Inc., 819 A.2d 534 (Pa. 2003). · cites it 2× “8 (1950); see also 20 Pa.C.S. § 2108 (2002). As such, section 1.”

In Re Est. of Ogden, 509 A.2d 1271 (Pa. 1986). “Section 2108 (adopted person shall be considered the issue of his adopted parent or parents); Section 2507(4) (providing for child born or adopted after making of will); Section 2514(7) (adopted person shall be considered the child of his adopting parent or parents); and Section…”

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