HB-5602, As Passed House, February 16, 2006

SUBSTITUTE FOR

HOUSE BILL NO. 5602

     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, if

the adoptee's name is changed, the adoptee shall  , in case of a

change of name, be known and called by the new name. The person or

persons adopting the adoptee then  stand in the place of a  become

the parent or parents  to  of the adoptee  in  under the law  in

all respects as though the adopted person had been born to the

adopting parents and are liable for all the duties and entitled to

all the rights of parents.

     (2) After entry of the order of adoption, there is no

distinction between the rights and duties of natural progeny and

adopted persons, and the adopted person becomes an heir at law of

the 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, except as provided in section

2114(2) of the estates and protected individuals code, 1998 PA 386,

MCL 700.2114, 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 an adopted adult an heir at law of a person who was his or

her parent at the time the order of adoption was entered or the

lineal or collateral kindred of that person, except that a right,

title, or interest  vesting  that has vested before entry of the

final order of adoption is not divested by that order.

     (3) This section does not prohibit the entry of an order for

grandparenting time under 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  1970 PA 91, MCL 722.27b. 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  the child custody act of 1970, 1970 PA 91, MCL

722.27b, and the judge shall proceed in the same manner as  is

provided in an action commenced under section 7b of  Act No. 91 of

the Public Acts of 1970  the child custody act of 1970, 1970 PA 91,

MCL 722.27b.