Cal. Probate Code § 6454 : California Probate Code — Wills And Intestate Succession — Parent And Child Relationship — Existence of relationship between person and foster parent or stepparent

Current through the 2016 Legislative Session

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.

Ca. Prob. Code § 6454