Effect of adoption order
9 Effect of adoption order
Subject to this section, where an adoption order is made, the adopted child becomes in contemplation of law the child of the adoptive parents and ceases to be the child of any previous birth or adoptive parents.
If an adoption order is made in favour of a person who is cohabiting with a birth or adoptive parent of the child in a qualifying relationship, the relationship of that parent to the child is not affected by the order.
Where—
one of the birth or adoptive parents of a child dies;
and
the surviving parent cohabits with another person in a qualifying relationship; and
the child is adopted by that other person, the adoption does not exclude rights of inheritance from or through the deceased parent.
The making of an adoption order in relation to a child does not affect any vested or contingent proprietary right acquired by the child before the making of the adoption order.
Where an order for the adoption of a child is made, any previous order for the adoption or guardianship of the child ceases to have effect.
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