April 14, 2005, Introduced by Senators CLARK-COLEMAN, SCOTT, SANBORN, TOY, BIRKHOLZ, McMANUS, CASSIS, HARDIMAN, PATTERSON, BROWN, JELINEK, CLARKE, THOMAS, BASHAM, JACOBS, LELAND, PRUSI, BARCIA, BRATER, EMERSON, SCHAUER, CHERRY and BERNERO and referred to the Committee on Senior Citizens and Veterans Affairs.
A bill to amend 1939 PA 288, entitled
"Probate code of 1939,"
by amending section 60 of chapter X (MCL 710.60), as amended by
1996 PA 409.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
CHAPTER X
Sec.
60. (1) After the entry of the an order of adoption,
the adoptee shall, in case of a change of name, be known and called
by
the new name. The person or persons After entry of the order,
an
individual adopting the adoptee then
stand stands in the place
of
a parent or parents to the adoptee in law in all respects as
though
the adopted person individual had been born to the
adopting
parents and are parent
and is liable for all the duties
and
entitled to all the rights of parents a parent.
(2)
After entry of the an order of adoption, there is no
distinction between the rights and duties of natural progeny and an
adopted
persons individual, and the adopted person individual
becomes
an heir at law of the an adopting parent, or parents,
and an heir at law of the lineal and collateral kindred of the
adopting
parent. or parents. After entry of the order of
adoption, an adopted child is no longer an heir at law of a parent
whose rights have been terminated under this chapter or chapter
XIIA, or
the lineal or collateral kindred of that parent. , nor is
After entry of the order of adoption, an adopted adult is not an
heir
at law of a person an
individual who was his or her parent
at the time the order of adoption was entered or the lineal or
collateral
kindred of that person individual, except that a
right, title, or interest vesting before entry of the final order
of adoption is not divested by that order.
(3) This section does not prohibit the filing of an action or
entry
of an order for grandparenting time under as provided in
section
7b of the child custody act of 1970, Act No. 91 of the
Public
Acts of 1970, being section 722.27b of the Michigan Compiled
Laws.
During the pendency of a stepparent adoption proceeding, a
parent
of a natural parent may seek an order for grandparenting
time
of the adoptee in the same manner as set forth in section 7b
of
Act No. 91 of the Public Acts of 1970, and the judge shall
proceed
in the same manner as is provided in section 7b of Act No.
91
of the Public Acts of 1970 1970 PA 91, MCL 722.27b.