Title VII — Adoption
Article 189
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Once adoption is decreed by the court, the adopter and the adoptee have the same rights and obligations as a legitimate parent and child. The adoptee is entitled to use the adopter's surname and inherits from the adopter as a legitimate child.
Official text — EO 209
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