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<section article="gfl" article_name="Family Law" number="5-3B-25" title_number="5" title_name="Children" subtitle_number="3B" subtitle_name="Independent Adoption">
  <level label="a">
    <text>This subsection does not limit the right of an individual to provide for distribution of property by will.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>Except as provided in § 2-123 of the Real Property Article, after a court enters an order for adoption under this subtitle:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>the adoptee:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>is the offspring of the adoptive parent for all intents and purposes; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <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="2">
      <text>each of the adoptee’s living parents is:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>relieved of all parental duties and obligations to the adoptee; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>divested of all parental rights as to the adoptee; and</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>the Estates and Trusts Article shall govern all of the rights of inheritance between the adoptee and parental relatives.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>Adoption of an adult has the same legal effect as adoption of a minor.</text>
  </level>
</section>
