adopted children

…distinctions between the rights of children based on the circumstances of birth. [^maj-13]: Although by statute and case law adopted children are also included in the term "issue," our discussion is limited to consanguineous descendants. In certain express and very limited circumstances, the Legislature has cut off inheritance…

…earnings,” Califano v. Jobst , 434 U. S. 47, 52. Although the Act and regulations set different eligibility requirements for adopted children, stepchildren, grandchildren, and stepgrandchildren, it hardly follows, as respondent argues, that applicants in those categories are treated more advantageously than are children who must…

…410, 710 A.2d 1297. Although the child, who was fourteen at the time of the appeal, was neither the plaintiff's biological nor adopted child, both parties had raised her together as their daughter. Id., at 405, 411, 710 A.2d 1297. The trial court had concluded that it lacked jurisdiction over the custody dispute because the…

…of the rapidly changing concept of family. As recently as only a few years ago, it might have been reasonable to assume that an adopted child would be placed into a two-parent home and thereby have a more stable environment than a child raised by a single father. The validity of that assumption is now highly suspect in light of…