DE SB123

Expands inheritance rights for after-born children to include descendants of a child who predeceased their parent, allowing them to inherit the portion the child would have received if the testator died intestate

Clarifies intestate succession rules by specifying that individuals related to a decedent through multiple lines of relationship receive only a single share based on the largest inheritance

Updates definitions of "child" and "parent" for intestate succession purposes to reference parentage established under Delaware's Chapter 8 of Title 13

Repeals outdated statutes (§§ 1302-1304 of Title 13) governing inheritance rights of "illegitimate" persons, replacing them with modern parentage-based inheritance rules

Maintains existing adoption rules where an adopted person is considered the child of the adopting parent rather than the natural parent, except when a stepparent adopts