SENATE BILL No. 423
April 25, 2001, Introduced by Senator BULLARD and referred to the Committee on Families,
Mental Health and Human Services.
A bill to amend 1939 PA 288, entitled
"Probate code of 1939,"
by amending section 60 of chapter X (MCL 710.60), as amended by
1996 PA 409.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
1 CHAPTER X
2 Sec. 60.
(1) After the
entry of the AN
order of adop-
3 tion, the adoptee shall, in case of a change of name, be known
4 and called by the
new name. The
person or persons
AFTER ENTRY
5 OF THE ORDER, AN
INDIVIDUAL adopting
the adoptee then
stand
6 STANDS in the
place of a parent
or parents to the
adoptee in
7 law in all
respects as though
the adopted person
INDIVIDUAL had
8 been born to the
adopting parents
and are PARENT AND
IS liable
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1 for all the
duties and entitled
to all the rights of
parents A
2 PARENT.
3 (2) After
entry of the AN
order of adoption,
there is no
4 distinction between the rights and duties of natural progeny and
5 AN adopted
persons INDIVIDUAL,
and the adopted
person
6 INDIVIDUAL
becomes an heir at
law of the AN
adopting parent,
7 or parents,
and
an heir at law of
the lineal and
collateral
8 kindred of the
adopting parent. or
parents. After
entry of the
9 order of adoption, an adopted child is no longer an heir at law
10 of a parent whose rights have been terminated under this chapter
11 or chapter XIIA, or the lineal or collateral kindred of that
12 parent. , nor is
AFTER ENTRY OF THE
ORDER OF ADOPTION,
an
13 adopted adult IS
NOT an heir at law
of a person AN
INDIVIDUAL
14 who was his or her parent at the time the order of adoption was
15 entered or the
lineal or collateral
kindred of that
person
16 INDIVIDUAL, except that a right, title, or interest vesting
17 before entry of the final order of adoption is not divested by
18 that order.
19 (3) This section does not prohibit the FILING OF AN ACTION
20 OR entry of an
order for
grandparenting time
under AS PROVIDED
21 IN section 7b of
the child custody
act of 1970, Act
No. 91 of
22 the Public Acts
of 1970, being
section 722.27b of
the Michigan
23 Compiled Laws.
During the pendency
of a stepparent
adoption pro-
24 ceeding, a parent
of a natural parent
may seek an order
for
25 grandparenting
time of the adoptee
in the same manner
as set
26 forth in section
7b of Act No. 91 of
the Public Acts of
1970, and
27 the judge shall
proceed in the same
manner as is
provided in
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1 section 7b of Act
No. 91 of the Public
Acts of 1970 1970
PA 91,
2 MCL 722.27B.
3 Enacting section 1. This amendatory act does not take
4 effect unless Senate Bill No. __________ or House Bill
5 No. __________ (request no. 03515'01) of the 91st Legislature is
6 enacted into law.
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