Statute · California Probate Code
Cal. Prob. Code § 6454 — Parent and Child Relationship
Cal. Prob. Code § 6454
- Type
- Statute
- Source
- California Probate Code
- Jurisdiction
- California
- Date
- 1994-01-01
- Current through
- Nov 2, 2026 (California Legislative Counsel)
For the purpose of determining intestate succession by a person or the person’s issue from or through a foster parent or stepparent, the relationship of parent and child exists between that person and the person’s foster parent or stepparent if both of the following requirements are satisfied:
Citator
Cal. Prob. Code § 6454 — Parent and Child Relationship is in force in the current edition of the Code, and nothing recorded condemns it.
For the purpose of determining intestate succession by a person or the person’s issue from or through a foster parent or stepparent, the relationship of parent and child exists between that person and the person’s foster parent or stepparent if both of the following requirements are satisfied:
(a) The relationship began during the person’s minority and continued throughout the joint lifetimes of the person and the person’s foster parent or stepparent.
(b) It is established by clear and convincing evidence that the foster parent or stepparent would have adopted the person but for a legal barrier.