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MARRIED WOMAN WITH THE CONSENT OF HER HUSBAND IS THE
LEGITIMATE CHILD OF BOTH OF THEM FOR ALL PURPOSES.
CONSENT OF THE HUSBAND IS PRESUMED.

REVISOR'S NOTE; This section presently appears as

Art. 93, § 1-206. A change is made by the

elimination of the requirement of "living

together" in subsection (a). The   presumption

contained in subsection (b) is rebuttable
pursuant to the provisions of § 1-105(b). The
only other changes are in style.

1-207. ADOPTED CHILD.

(A)   GENERAL RULE.

AN ADOPTED CHILD SHALL BE TREATED AS A NATURAL CHILD
OF HIS ADOPTING PARENT OR PARENTS. ON ADOPTION, A CHILD
NO LONGER SHALL BE CONSIDERED A CHILD OF EITHER NATURAL
PARENT, EXCEPT THAT UPON ADOPTION BY THE SPOUSE OF A
NATURAL PARENT, THE CHILD SHALL STILL BE CONSIDERED THE
CHILD OF THAT NATURAL PARENT.

(B)   MORE THAN ONE ADOPTION.

A CHILD WHO HAS BEEN ADOPTED MORE THAN ONCE SHALL BE
CONSIDERED TO BE A CHILE OF THE PARENT OR PARENTS WHO
HAVE ADOPTED HIM MOST RECENTLY AND SHALL CEASE TO BE
CONSIDERED A CHILD OF HIS PREVIOUS PARENTS.

REVISOR'S NOTE: This section presently appears as
Art. 93, § 1-207. The only changes are in
style.

1-208. ILLEGITIMATE CHILD.

(A) CHILD OF HIS MOTHER.

A CHILD BORN TO PARENTS WHO HAVE NOT PARTICIPATED IN
A MARRIAGE CEREMONY WITH EACH OTHER SHALL BE CONSIDERED
TO BE THE CHILD OF HIS MOTHER.

(B) CHILD OF HIS FATHER.

A CHILD BORN TO PARENTS WHO HAVE NOT PARTICIPATED IN
A MARRIAGE CEREMONY WITH EACH OTHER SHALL BE CONSIDERED
TO BE THE CHILD OF HIS FATHER ONLY IF THE FATHER

(1)    HAS BEEN JUDICIALLY DETERMINED TO BE THE
FATHER IN AN ACTION BROUGHT UNDER THE [[PROVISIONS OF]]
STATUTES RELATING TO PATERNITY PROCEEDINGS; OR

(2)    HAS ACKNOWLEDGED HIMSELF, IN WRITING, TO
BE THE FATHER; OR