Legal Question in Family Law in California

rights to an estate

If a parent gave up his parental rights to a child is the child still entilted to the estate of the parent after the death.


Asked on 4/11/09, 3:35 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
Colin Greene Russakow, Greene & Tan, LLP

Re: rights to an estate

"Terminating" parental rights requires a legal action with a judgment. If the parent didn't just give up but actually legally had parental rights terminated, the child is no longer a child of the parent, so intestacy rights are terminated.

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Answered on 4/13/09, 11:00 am


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