23 Adopted person to be treated for purposes of succession etc as child of adopter
Succession (Scotland) Act 1964 (1964 c 41) | Legislation

Part IV Adopted Persons

23  Adopted person to be treated for purposes of succession etc as child of adopter

(1)     For all purposes relating to—

(a)     the succession to a deceased person (whether testate or intestate), and

(b)     the disposal of property by virtue of any inter vivos deed,

an adopted person shall be treated as the child of the adopter and not as the child of any other person.

In this subsection and in the following provisions of this Part of this Act any reference to succession to a deceased person shall be construed as including a reference to the distribution of any property in consequence of the

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