HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 4566

Substituted, on motion of Mr. Lewis of Framingham, as a new text for the Senate Bill expanding access to adoption (Senate, No. 2616, amended).  March 21, 2022.

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

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In the One Hundred and Ninety-Second General Court
(2021-2022)

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By striking out all after the enacting clause and inserting in place thereof the following:–
 

“SECTION 1. Section 2-114 of chapter 190B of the General Laws is hereby amended by adding the following subsection:-

(c) No adopted individual shall, by being adopted by any person related by consanguinity to the adopted individual, lose their right to inherit from their natural parents or kindred.

SECTION 2. Section 1 of chapter 210 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2020 Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking out, in lines 4 and 5, the following words:-, or brother, sister, uncle or aunt, of the whole or half blood”.