Subject to any agreement to the contrary, an adoption does not deprive the adoptive father or mother of the power to dispose of his or her property by transfer inter vivos or by will.
COMMENTS
Where the child is taken in adoption by the sole surviving widow, oral relinquishment by her in favour of adopted child is valid and effective.-Hirabai v. Babu Manika AIR 1980 Bom. 315
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