Treatment of Kids

Question 1

Adopted

Answer 1

1. Same as natural (severs nat’l parent relation unless adopter married nat’l or nat’l died)
2. Step/Foster: treat as adopted f (i) relation began in kid’s minority, (ii) continued through lifetime, (iii) C+C E would’ve adopted by for legal barrier
3. Equitable Adoption: parties held selves out as parent + kid = estopped

Question 2

Non-Marital

Answer 2

irrelevant, look at whether parent-child relationship existed

DP: relation between kid and non-birther presumed if (1) kid born during DP or (2) born during and (a) name on birth cert or (b) support via vol or court order

Question 3

1/2 Blood

Answer 3

Treated same as whole blood

Question 4

Posthumous Kid

Answer 4

Takes like a normal kid