3B:3-48.
a. Adopted individuals and individuals born out of wedlock, and their
respective descendants if appropriate to the class, are included in class gifts
and other terms of relationship in accordance with the rules for intestate
succession. Terms of relationship that do not differentiate relationships by
the half blood from those by the whole blood, such as "brothers,"
"sisters," "nieces," or "nephews," are construed
to include both types of relationships.
b.In addition to the requirements of
subsection a., in construing a donative disposition by a transferor who is not
the natural parent, an individual born to the natural parent is not considered
the child of that parent unless the individual lived while a minor as a regular
member of the household of that natural parent or of that parents parent,
brother, sister, spouse or surviving spouse.
c.In addition to the requirements
of subsection a., in construing a dispositive provision by a transferor who is
not the adoptive parent, an adopted individual is not considered the child of
the adoptive parent unless the adopted individual lived while a minor, either
before or after the adoption, as a regular member of the household of the
adoptive parent.
L.1981, c.405, s.3B:3-48, eff. May 1, 1982; amended 2004,
c.132, s.39.
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