633.223 Effect of adoption. 1. Except as provided in subsection 3, a lawful adoption extinguishes the right of intestate succession of an adopted person from and through the adopted person’s biological parents.The adopted person inherits from and through the adoptive parents in the same manner as abiological child inherits from and through the child’s biological parents. 2. Except as provided in subsection 3, a lawful adoption extinguishes the right of intestate succession of a biological parent from and through the parent’s biological child who isadopted. The adoptive parents inherit from and through the adopted person in the samemanner as biological parents inherit from and through the parents’ biological child. 3. An adoption of a person by the spouse or surviving spouse of a biological parent has no effect on the relationship for inheritance purposes between the adopted person and thatbiological parent or biological parent’s heirs. An adoption of a person by the spouse orsurviving spouse of a biological parent after the death of the other biological parent hasno effect on the relationship for inheritance purposes between the adopted person and thedeceased biological parent’s g spouse of a biological parent after the death of the other biological parent hasno effect on the relationship for inheritance purposes between the adopted person and thedeceased biological parent’s heirs. 4. A person inherits through an adopted person, an adoptive parent, or a biological parent of an adopted person only if the adopted person, adoptive parent, or biological parent of anadopted person would have inherited under subsection 1, 2, or 3. [C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §633.223; 81 Acts, ch 194, §1]94 Acts, ch 1046, §29Referred to in §633.210 Sat Dec 23 11:24:31 2023 Iowa Code 2024, Section 633.223 (38, 0)
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