Massachusetts § 10 Second adoption; effect

Massachusetts Statutes

§ 10 — Second adoption; effect

Massachusetts § 10

Part IIREAL AND PERSONAL PROPERTY AND DOMESTIC RELATIONS

Title IIIDOMESTIC RELATIONS

Ch. 210ADOPTION OF CHILDREN AND CHANGE OF NAMES

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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 210, § 10 (2026).

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Section 10. If the child has been previously adopted, all the legal consequences of the former decree shall, upon a subsequent adoption, determine, except so far as any interest in property may have vested in the adopted child, and a decree to that effect shall be entered on the records of the court.

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