Cal. Prob. Code § 6454

Parent and Child Relationship

Applied in 7 court decisions — leading case 466 F. Supp. 2d 229 - Estate of Heiser v. Islamic Republic of Iran (2006)

Most recently applied in 237 Cal. App. 4th 1 - Yohner v. California Department of Justice (May 2015)

Added by Stats. 1993, Ch. 529, Sec. 5

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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.

Official source: California Legislative Information. Reproduced from public-domain California statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.