Idaho § 16-1509 RELEASE OF CHILD’S PARENTS FROM OBLIGATION — TERMINATION OF RIGHTS OF PARENTS AND CHILDREN

Idaho Statutes

§ 16-1509 — RELEASE OF CHILD’S PARENTS FROM OBLIGATION — TERMINATION OF RIGHTS OF PARENTS AND CHILDREN

Idaho § 16-1509

Title 16JUVENILE PROCEEDINGS

Ch. 15ADOPTION OF CHILDREN

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Bluebook

Idaho Code § 16-1509 (2026).

Text

Unless the decree of adoption otherwise provides, the natural parents of an adopted child are, from the time of the adoption, relieved of all parental duties toward, and all responsibilities for, the child so adopted, and have no right over it, and all rights of such child from and through such natural parents including the right of inheritance, are hereby terminated unless specifically provided by will.

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Unless the decree of adoption otherwise provides, the natural parents of an adopted child are, from the time of the adoption, relieved of all parental duties toward, and all responsibilities for, the child so adopted, and have no right over it, and all rights of such child from and through such natural parents including the right of inheritance, are hereby terminated unless specifically provided by will.

Legislative History

[(16-1509) 1879, p. 8, sec. 9; R.S., sec. 2553; reen. R.C. & C.L., sec. 2708; C.S., sec. 4690; I.C.A., sec. 31-1109; am. 1969, ch. 334, sec. 1, p. 1058.]