16-1508. EFFECT OF ADOPTION. A child or adult, when adopted, may take the name of the person adopting, and the two (2) shall thenceforth sustain toward each other the legal relation of parent and child, and shall have all the rights and shall be subject to all the duties of that relation, including all of the rights of a child of the whole blood to inherit from any person, in all respects, under the provisions of section 15-2-103, Idaho Code, and to the same extent as a child of the whole blood.
History:
[(16-1508) 1879, p. 8, sec. 8; R.S., sec. 2552; reen. R.C. & C.L., sec. 2707; C.S., sec. 4689; I.C.A., sec. 31-1108; am. 1963, ch. 63, sec. 1, p. 246; am. 1996, ch. 195, sec. 4, p. 613; am. 2020, ch. 82, sec. 7, p. 178.]
Structure Idaho Code
Title 16 - JUVENILE PROCEEDINGS
Chapter 15 - ADOPTION OF CHILDREN
Section 16-1501 - MINORS AND ADULTS MAY BE ADOPTED.
Section 16-1501A - RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF PARTIES IN ADOPTION PROCEEDINGS.
Section 16-1501B - RIGHT OF PARENT WITH DISABILITY TO PRESENT EVIDENCE AND INFORMATION.
Section 16-1502 - RESTRICTIONS AS TO COMPARATIVE AGE.
Section 16-1503 - CONSENT OF HUSBAND AND WIFE NECESSARY.
Section 16-1504 - NECESSARY CONSENT TO ADOPTION.
Section 16-1505 - NOTICE OF ADOPTION PROCEEDINGS.
Section 16-1506 - PROCEEDINGS ON ADOPTION.
Section 16-1507 - ORDER OF ADOPTION.
Section 16-1508 - EFFECT OF ADOPTION.
Section 16-1509A - DISSOLUTION OF ADOPTION.
Section 16-1511 - SEALING RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS.
Section 16-1512 - APPEAL FROM ORDER — BINDING EFFECT OF ADOPTION ORDER.
Section 16-1513 - REGISTRATION OF NOTICE AND FILING OF PATERNITY PROCEEDINGS.
Section 16-1514 - PETITION FOR ADOPTION OF FOREIGN BORN CHILD.
Section 16-1514A - INTERNATIONAL ADOPTION.
Section 16-1515 - REVOCATION OF ADOPTION — PAYMENT OF EXPENSES OF ADOPTIVE PARENTS.