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Succession Act 2006
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#### 109 Adoption
109 Adoption
> An adopted child is to be regarded, for the purposes of distribution on an intestacy, as a child of the adoptive parent or parents and—
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> > (a) the child’s family relationships are to be determined accordingly, and
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> > (b) family relationships that exist as a matter of biological fact, and are not consistent with the relationship created by adoption, are to be ignored.
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> **ss 106–109:** Ins 2009 No 29, Sch 1 \[4\].