A decree of adoption, whether issued by a court of this state or by a court of any other jurisdiction, shall have the effect described in Code Section 19-8-19, and the adoptive parents and relatives of the adoptive parents shall likewise be entitled to inherit from and through the adopted individual under the laws of intestacy in the absence of a will and to take as parents or relatives of the parents of the adopted individual under the provisions of any instrument of testamentary gift, unless expressly excluded therefrom.
O.C.G.A. § 53-1-8
Adopted individuals
Known as the Revised Probate Code
The act spans §§ 53–53 (14 sections).
— Code 1981, § 53-1-8, en- For note, “Status or Contract? A Comacted by Ga
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