January 24, 2006, Introduced by Reps. Schuitmaker, Gosselin and Ball and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
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 are 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) This subsection applies to the extent it is not
inconsistent with section 2114 of the estates and protected
individuals code, 1998 PA 386, MCL 700.2114. 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,
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 a 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.