If, for purposes of intestate succession, a relationship of parents and child must be established to determine succession by, through, or from a person:
(a) An adopted person is a child of an adopting parent and not of the natural parents except that adoption of a child by the spouse of a natural parent has no effect on the relationship between the child and that natural parent and adoption by the spouse of a natural parent has no effect on the relationship between the child and a deceased, undivorced natural parent.
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Terms Used In Idaho Code 15-2-109

  • Intestate: Dying without leaving a will.
  • person: includes a corporation as well as a natural person;
Idaho Code 73-114
(b) In cases not covered by subsection (a) of this section, a person born out of wedlock is a child of the mother. That person is also a child of the father, if:
(1) The natural parents participated in a marriage ceremony before or after the birth of the child, even though the attempted marriage is void; or
(2) The paternity is established by an adjudication before the death of the father or is established thereafter by clear and convincing proof, except that the paternity established under this subparagraph (2) is ineffective to qualify the father or his kindred to inherit from or through the child unless the father has openly treated the child as his, and has not refused to support the child.