Section 560:2-124 - Adoptee and adoptee's adoptive parent or parentsA parent-child relationship shall be deemed to exist between an adoptee and the adoptee's adoptive parent or parents. For purposes of this section:
(1) An individual who is in the process of being adopted by a married couple or reciprocal beneficiaries when one of the spouses or reciprocal beneficiaries dies shall be treated as adopted by the deceased spouse or reciprocal beneficiary if the adoption is subsequently granted to the decedent's surviving spouse or reciprocal beneficiary; and(2) A child of a genetic parent who is in the process of being adopted by a genetic parent's spouse or reciprocal beneficiary when the spouse or reciprocal beneficiary dies shall be treated as adopted by the deceased spouse or reciprocal beneficiary if the genetic parent survives the deceased spouse or reciprocal beneficiary by one hundred twenty hours; provided that a child shall be treated as adopted by a deceased spouse or reciprocal beneficiary for the purposes of this paragraph if, after a parent-child relationship is established between a child of assisted reproduction and a parent under section 560:2-126, or between a gestational child and a parent under section 560:2-127, the child is in the process of being adopted by the parent's spouse or reciprocal beneficiary when the spouse or reciprocal beneficiary dies.Added by L 2023, c 158,§ 2, eff. 6/29/2023.