McDougle v. Allnett’s Empirical Analysis

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2 district · 18 state decisions

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1. “The law applicable to the present controversy and creating the status is found in section 228 of the Civil Code providing that 'after adoption the two shall sustain towards each other the legal relation of parent and child, and have all the rights and be subject to all the duties of that relation.' ... That such adopted child is to be considered as 'issue' and a lineal descendant of the adopting parent, has been on several occasions recognized by our courts. ... To exclude adopted children from its scope would be to say that they are not entitled as to the adopting parent, to the full rights of natural children, which is contrary to the express provision of the statute.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 32 Cal. 2d 265 - Sontheimer v. Pierce

2. “and a lineal descendant of the adopting parent, has been on several occasions recognized by our courts. ... To exclude adopted children from its scope would be to say that they are not entitled as to the adopting parent, to the full rights of natural children, which is contrary to the express provision of the statute.'”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Estate of Calhoun

3. “If the adopted child is by virtue of its status to be 'regarded and treated in all respects as the child of the person adopting,' and is to 'have all the rights and be subject to all the duties of the legal relation of parent and child,' the right to succeed to the estate of the deceased parent must be included.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 32 Cal. 2d 265 - Sontheimer v. Pierce