Chapter 195

2006 -- H 7308 AS AMENDED

Enacted 06/28/06

A N A C T

RELATING TO DOMESTIC RELATIONS - ADOPTION OF CHILDREN

Introduced By: Representatives Shanley, San Bento, Lewiss, and Schadone

Date Introduced: February 15, 2006

It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:

     SECTION 1. Section 15-7-17 of the General Laws in Chapter 15-7 entitled "Adoption of

Children" is hereby amended to read as follows:

15-7-17. Rights of natural parents terminated -- Inheritance by child from natural

parents. -- The parents of the child shall be deprived, by the decree, of all legal rights respecting

the child, and the child shall be freed from all obligations of maintenance and obedience

respecting his or her natural parents except that the granting of the petition for adoption will not

deprive an adopted child of the right to inherit from and through his or her natural parents in the

same manner as all other natural children; provided, that the right to inherit from and through

natural parents of an adopted child born out of wedlock shall be as provided in section 33-1-8;

and provided, further, that the decree of adoption shall in no way affect all legal rights of a natural

parent respecting the child and all obligations of the child of maintenance and obedience

respecting a natural parent if the natural parent is legally married to the adopting parent at the

time of the decree of adoption. Notwithstanding the rights of an adopted child to inherit from or

through his or her natural parents as provided in this section, or as provided in section 33-1-8, any

administrator, executor or trustee who without knowledge of said adopted child, otherwise carries

out the administrators, executors, or trustees lawful responsibility shall not be liable to the

adopted child for any damages resulting therefrom.

     SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage.

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