If you were adopted you may still be able to inherit from your biological parent’s relatives with this one trick in West Palm Beach.

Adopting a child can be one of the most joyous moments in a person’s life. Do  you know how adoption affectsinheritance rights in West Palm Beach? The rules may surprise you. If you do not know the rules they could cost you an inheritance. Want to learn more? Check out this quick reference guide to adoption and inheritance in West Palm Beach.

Adoption

• Adoption severs the parental rights of one party or set of parents and passes those onto the new adoptive parents.
• What does that spell for inheritance purposes?
• West Palm Beach probate litigators who know their stuff will tell you it depends.
• If you are adopted in the usual course then chances are that the entire right to an inheritance from your previous parents is cut off.
• That may sound like bad news.
• The good news is your new adoptive parents are now where you would inherit through intestacy.
• So keep in mind that does not mean that you cannot inherit at all from your previous parents.
• This is in reference to intestate succession inheritance. 
• When does this come up most often?
• What if your birth parents have wealthy parents?
• Now you have the issue of trying to get to inherit from your biological grandparents but you may be out of luck.
• Other types of inheritance are governed by the West Palm Beach estate plan.
• Did you know that you may still be able to inherit from your non-adoptive parents?
• Do you know how?
• West Palm Beach probate litigators know the tricks of the trade to max out your inheritance.
• If you had a parent pass away and the other parent gets re-married you may need to listen up.
• Under those rules you can still inherit from your other (deceased) parent’s side including the grandparents and anyone else under Florida’s intestacy rules.
• Were you adopted in West Palm Beach?
• You may have a right to an inheritance to which you were unaware.
• Talk to an experienced Palm Beach probate litigator to find out more today.