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SECTION 6450-6455
6450. Subject to the provisions of this chapter, a relationship of parent and child exists for the purpose of determining intestate succession by, through, or from a person in the following circumstances: (a) The relationship of parent and child exists between a person and the person's natural parents, regardless of the marital status of the natural parents. (b) The relationship of parent and child exists between an adopted person and the person's adopting parent or parents. 6451. (a) An adoption severs the relationship of parent and child between an adopted person and a natural parent of the adopted person unless both of the following requirements are satisfied: (1) The natural parent and the adopted person lived together at any time as parent and child, or the natural parent was married to or cohabiting with the other natural parent at the time the person was conceived and died before the person's birth. (2) The adoption was by the spouse of either of the natural parents or after the death of either of the natural parents. (b) Neither a natural parent nor a relative of a natural parent, except for a wholeblood brother or sister of the adopted person or the issue of that brother or sister, inherits from or through the adopted person on the basis of a parent and child relationship between the adopted person and the natural parent that satisfies the requirements of paragraphs (1) and (2) of subdivision (a), unless the adoption is by the spouse or surviving spouse of that parent. (c) For the purpose of this section, a prior adoptive parent and child relationship is treated as a natural parent and child relationship. 6452. If a child is born out of wedlock, neither a natural parent nor a relative of that parent inherits from or through the child on the basis of the parent and child relationship between that parent and the child unless both of the following requirements are satisfied: (a) The parent or a relative of the parent acknowledged the child. (b) The parent or a relative of the parent contributed to the support or the care of the child. 6453. For the purpose of determining whether a person is a "natural parent" as that term is used in this chapter: (a) A natural parent and child relationship is established where that relationship is presumed and not rebutted pursuant to the Uniform Parentage Act (Part 3 (commencing with Section 7600) of Division 12 of the Family Code). (b) A natural parent and child relationship may be established pursuant to any other provisions of the Uniform Parentage Act, except that the relationship may not be established by an action under subdivision (c) of Section 7630 of the Family Code unless any of the following conditions exist: (1) A court order was entered during the father's lifetime declaring paternity. (2) Paternity is established by clear and convincing evidence that the father has openly held out the child as his own. (3) It was impossible for the father to hold out the child as his own and paternity is established by clear and convincing evidence. (c) A natural parent and child relationship may be established pursuant to Section 249.5. 6454. For the purpose of determining intestate succession by a person or the person's issue from or through a foster parent or stepparent, the relationship of parent and child exists between that person and the person's foster parent or stepparent if both of the following requirements are satisfied: (a) The relationship began during the person's minority and continued throughout the joint lifetimes of the person and the person' s foster parent or stepparent. (b) It is established by clear and convincing evidence that the foster parent or stepparent would have adopted the person but for a legal barrier. 6455. Nothing in this chapter affects or limits application of the judicial doctrine of equitable adoption for the benefit of the child or the child's issue.
