59-2118. Effect of adoption; name; rights of child, parents.
59-2118
59-2118. Effect of adoption; name; rights of child, parents.(a) Any person adopted as provided in K.S.A. 59-2111 through 59-2143, andamendments thereto, shallassume the surname of the petitioner or petitioners for adoption, exceptthat the court in its discretion may permit a different surname whenrequested by the petitioner or petitioners. When requested by thepetitioner or petitioners, the court, in its discretion, may change thegiven name or names of the person adopted.
(b) When adopted, a person shall be entitled to the same personal andproperty rights as a birth child of the adoptive parent. The adoptiveparent shall be entitled to exercise all the rights of a birth parent andbe subject to all the liabilities of that relationship. Upon adoption, allthe rights of birth parents to the adopted person, including their rightto inherit from or through the person, shall cease, except the rights of abirthparent who is the spouse of the adopting parent.An adoption shall not terminate the right of the child to inherit from orthrough the birth parent.
History: L. 1990, ch. 145, § 8;L. 1993, ch. 195, § 4; July 1.