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urn: urn:us-la:rs:9:461
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# Effect of adult adoption by stepparent

In an adoption in accordance with the first paragraph of Civil Code Article 212, if the adoptive parent is married to a parent of the adopted child at the time of the adoption or was married to a parent at the time of the death of the parent, the relationship of that parent and his relatives to the adopted child shall remain unaltered and unaffected by the adoption.