Adoption (Scotland) Act 1978, Section 44 is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 04 March 2025. There are changes that may be brought into force at a future date. Changes that have been made appear in the content and are referenced with annotations.
Section 39 (status conferred by adoption) does not affect the existing law relating to adopted persons in respect of—
(a)the succession to a deceased person (whether testate or intestate), and
(b)the disposal of property by virtue of any inter vivos deed.
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1S. 44 modified (21.12.2018) by The Human Fertilisation and Embryology (Parental Orders) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1412), reg. 1(2), Sch. 4 para. 9
All content is available under the Open Government Licence v3.0 except where otherwise stated. This site additionally contains content derived from EUR-Lex, reused under the terms of the Commission Decision 2011/833/EU on the reuse of documents from the EU institutions. For more information see the EUR-Lex public statement on re-use.
