Inheritance Through Adoption

Is someone who is adopted entitled to inherit from his/her adoptive parents?

 

Yes, just as if/he were their biological child.

Are the children of someone who is legally adopted entitled to inherit from the latter's adoptive parents i.e. their grandparents?

 

Yes!

Can someone who is adopted entitled to inherit from his adoptive parent's brother or sister?

 

No! An adopted person and his/her children have no inheritance rights vis a vis relatives of their adoptive parents except for the adoptive grandparents.

Does an adoptive parent have inheritance rights vis a vis the child he/she adopted?

 

Yes! The adoptive parent has the same inheritance rights as a biological parent.

Inheritance rights between adoptive parents and adopted children are mutual and equal.

Can relatives of an adoptive parent have inheritance rights vis a vis an adopted child?

 

No!

In what circumstances will an adopted person be able to inherit from the person who adopted him/her?

 

The adoption must be legal , according to the Adoption Act of 1981 . Only when a court grants an adoption order is adoption regarded as legally valid.

What happens when adoption was not validated according to law, but the parents regard their child as adopted, and he/she regards them as his/her adoptive parents?

 

The "adoption" will not create any inheritance rights under law, which only arise where the child is legally adopted according to the Adoption Act of 1981 . The parents are, however, free to name the child as a beneficiary in their wills.

Does Israeli law adoption carried out abroad for inheritance purposes?

 

Yes, provided the adoption was conducted according to law abroad.

 

Can an adoptee inherit from his/her biological parents?

 

Yes!

Are the children of an adoptee entitled to inherit from the adoptee's biological parents?

 

Yes!

Are the biological parents and the biological grandparents of an adoptee entitled to inherit from the adoptee?

 

No!

What happens if an adoptee , whose adoptive parents have already dies, passes away without leaving children after him?

 

In this situation, unless the adoptee had a spouse, the state will inherit his estate because by law neither his own biological family or the biological family of his adoptive parents have inheritance rights regards him, by law. If, however, the adoptee died after his adoptive parents and left a married or common-law spouse, then she would be his heir by law.

Will a child who was adopted be entitled to inherit from his adoptive parents if , after their death, he was adopted by a second set of adopted parents?

 

In principle, yes.

Will someone adopted by a step- parent have inheritance rights vis a vis the step- parent?

 

Yes, provided the adoption is legal.

 

What is the position when an adoptive parent was left property by his own parent, but he or she dies , leaving the adopted child?

 

The adopted child is unable to inherit from the adoptive parent’s share in the deceased’s estate, as adoptees cannot inherit their adoptive parent’s other relatives. The state will inherit instead of the adopted child.

Can someone who is adopted inherit biological children who are born to the adoptive parents i.e. his ‘adopted’ brothers or sisters?

 

No! This is because an adopted child does not , by law, have inheritance rights regarding the adoptive parent’s relatives.

Do adoptive parents have any inheritance rights vis a vis the family of the child they adopt?

 

No!