Intestate Inheritance Rights for Adopted Children - Kansas
Date: February 2016
Birth Parents in Relation to Adopted Person
Citation: Ann. Stat. § 59-2118
Upon adoption, all the rights of birth parents to the adopted person, including their right to inherit from or through the person, shall cease. An adoption shall not terminate the right of the child to inherit from or through the birth parent.
Adoptive Parents in Relation to Adopted Person
Citation: Ann. Stat. § 59-2118
When adopted, a person shall be entitled to the same personal and property rights as a birth child of the adoptive parent(s).
Adopted Persons Who Are Not Included in a Will
This issue is not addressed in the statutes reviewed.