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<section article="gfl" article_name="Family Law" number="5-341" title_number="5" title_name="Children" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Guardianship to and Adoption Through Local Department">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>This subsection does not limit the right of an individual to provide for distribution of property by will.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Except as provided in § 2-123 of the Real Property Article, after a juvenile court enters an order for adoption under this Part III of this subtitle:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the adoptee:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>is the child of the adoptive parent for all intents and purposes; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>is entitled to all of the rights and privileges of and is subject to all of the obligations of offspring born to the adoptive parent;</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>each of the adoptee’s living parents is:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>relieved of all parental duties and obligations to the adoptee; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>divested of all parental rights as to the adoptee; and</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>the Estates and Trusts Article shall govern all of the rights of inheritance between the adoptee and parental relatives.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>An order for adoption under this Part III of this subtitle terminates all pending CINA cases as to the adoptee.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>Adoption of an adult has the same legal effect as adoption of a minor.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <level label="1">
      <text>When a juvenile court enters an order for a child’s adoption under this Part III of this subtitle, the juvenile court shall send notice to:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>each juvenile court that has a pending CINA case as to the adoptee;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>each of the child’s living, former parents who has not waived the right to notice;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>each living parent’s last attorney of record in the CINA case; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>the child’s last attorney of record in the CINA case.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Service on a parent under this subsection shall be at the parent’s last address known to the juvenile court.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
