Adoption and Inheritance Rights under the Wills Act of 1947

Despite the language of the Wills Act of 1947, which was in effect at the time of the testator’s death, if there is no contrary intent expressed in the will, “issue”, “child”, or “children” presumptively includes children that were adopted regardless of the date of adoption and includes those adoptees who were adopted as adults as long as a parent-child relationship existed between the adoptee and the adopter during the adoptee’s minority.    Armistead Trust, 4 Fid. Rep. 3d 233 (O.C. Delaware 2014) (Opinion by Kenney, J.)

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