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urn: "urn:us-la:civcode:art:199"
article_number: "199"
status: active
heading: "Effect of adoption"
breadcrumb: "Book I › Title VII › Chapter 3 › Section 1"
source_url: "https://legis.la.gov/legis/Law.aspx?d=109243"
acts_citations_raw: "Acts 2009, No. 3, §1, eff. June 9, 2009."
acts_citations:
  - act_year: 2009
    act_number: 3
    section: 1
    effective_date: 2009-06-09
    role: enactment
schema_version: "1.0.0"
---

# Art. 199. Effect of adoption

Upon adoption, the adopting parent becomes the parent of the child for all purposes and the filiation between the child and his legal parent is terminated, except as otherwise provided by law. The adopted child and his descendants retain the right to inherit from his former legal parent and the relatives of that parent.