MARVIN MANDEL, Governor                               11

1-207. Child—adopted.

(a)    General rule. An adopted child shall be treated as a natural
child of his adopting parent or parents. On adoption, a child shall no
longer be deemed a child of either natural parent except that upon
adoption by the spouse of a natural parent, the child shall still be
deemed the child of such natural parent.

(b)    More than one adoption. A child who has been adopted
more than once shall be deemed to be a child of the parent or
parents who have most recently adopted him and shall cease to be
deemed a child of his previous parents.

1-208. Child—illegitimate.

A person born to parents who have not participated in a marriage
ceremony with each other shall be deemed to be the child of his
mother. He shall be deemed to be the child of his father only if his
father (1) has been judicially determined to be the father in a pro-
ceeding brought under Section 66E of Article 16, (2) has acknowl-
edged himself, in writing, to be the father, (3) has openly and
notoriously recognized the person to be his child, or (4) has sub-
sequently married the mother and has acknowledged himself,
orally or in writing, to be the father.

1-209. Issue.

Issue means every living lineal descendant except a lineal descend-
ant of a living lineal descendant. Any person who is treated as a child
of any person pursuant to Sections 1-205 to 1-208 shall be deemed for
all purposes as (a) a lineal descendant of such person and (b) subject
to the exception in the first sentence of this Section, a lineal descend-
ant of all persons of whom such person is a lineal descendant.

1-210. Representation—per stirpes.

(a)    Intestate succession. When representation is provided in
this Article, the property shall be divided into as many equal shares
as there are (1) children or brothers and sisters of the decedent, as
the case may be, who survive the decedent and (2) children or
brothers and sisters of the decedent, as the case may be, who did
not survive the decedent but of whom issue did survive the decedent.
A child, or brother or sister, as the case may be, who did survive the
decedent shall receive one share, and the share of each deceased
child, or brother or sister (leaving issue who did survive the deced-
ent), as the case may be, shall be divided among his issue in the
same manner.

(b)    Wills. Unless a contrary intention expressly appears, when
a will provides that upon the occurrence of any event distribution
shall be made by representation or per stirpes, the estate shall be
divided into as many equal shares as there are, with respect to the
particular legacy involved, (1) legatees and (2) persons who would
have been legatees had they survived until the occurrence of such
event and of whom issue did survive the occurrence of such event.
Each legatee shall receive one share and the share of each deceased
legatee shall be divided among his issue in the same manner.