HOUSE BILL No. 5131


     October 2, 2001, Introduced by Reps. Hardman, Reeves, Garza, Murphy, Williams, Dennis, Jacobs, Daniels, Sheltrown, Bogardus, Hale and
Lemmons and referred to the Committee on Civil Law and the Judiciary.


        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:

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                                  CHAPTER X

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           Sec. 60.  (1) After  the  entry of  the  AN order of
   adop-

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      tion, the adoptee shall, in case of a change of name, be known

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      and called by the new name.   The person or persons  AFTER ENTRY

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      OF THE ORDER, AN INDIVIDUAL adopting the adoptee  then stand

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      STANDS in the place of a parent  or parents  to the adoptee in

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      law in all respects as though the adopted  person  INDIVIDUAL had

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      been born to the adopting  parents and are  PARENT AND IS liable

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      for all the duties and entitled to all the rights of  parents  A

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      PARENT.


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           (2) After entry of  the  AN order of adoption, there is no

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      distinction between the rights and duties of natural progeny and

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      AN adopted  persons  INDIVIDUAL, and the adopted  person

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      INDIVIDUAL becomes an heir at law of  the  AN adopting parent,

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       or parents,  and an heir at law of the lineal and collateral

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      kindred of the adopting parent.  or parents.  After entry of the

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      order of adoption, an adopted child is no longer an heir at law

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      of a parent whose rights have been terminated under this chapter

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      or chapter XIIA, or the lineal or collateral kindred of that

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      parent.  , nor is  AFTER ENTRY OF THE ORDER OF ADOPTION, an

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      adopted adult IS NOT an heir at law of  a person  AN INDIVIDUAL

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      who was his or her parent at the time the order of adoption was

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      entered or the lineal or collateral kindred of that  person

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      INDIVIDUAL, except that a right, title, or interest vesting

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      before entry of the final order of adoption is not divested by

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      that order.

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           (3) This section does not prohibit the FILING OF AN ACTION

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      OR entry of an order for grandparenting time  under  AS PROVIDED

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      IN section 7b of the child custody act of 1970,  Act No. 91 of

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      the Public Acts of 1970, being section 722.27b of the Michigan

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      Compiled Laws.  During the pendency of a stepparent adoption pro-

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      ceeding, a parent of a natural parent may seek an order for

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      grandparenting time of the adoptee in the same manner as set

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      forth in section 7b of Act No. 91 of the Public Acts of 1970, and

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      the judge shall proceed in the same manner as is provided in sec-

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      tion 7b of Act No. 91 of the Public Acts of 1970  1970 PA 91, MCL

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      722.27B.



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           Enacting section 1.  This amendatory act does not take

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      effect unless Senate Bill No. __________ or House Bill

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      No. 5132 (request no. 03283'01) of the 91st Legislature is

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      enacted into law.
















































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