{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/adoption-scotland-act-1978/section-44",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/adoption-scotland-act-1978/section-44.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1978/28",
  "legislation_title": "Adoption (Scotland) Act 1978",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/adoption-scotland-act-1978",
  "path": "section/44",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "44",
  "heading": "Effect of s. 39 on succession and inter vivos deed.",
  "text": "Section 39 (status conferred by adoption) does not affect the existing law relating to adopted persons in respect of—\n(a) the succession to a deceased person (whether testate or intestate), and\n(b) the disposal of property by virtue of any inter vivos deed.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "S. 44 modified (21.12.2018) by The Human Fertilisation and Embryology (Parental Orders) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1412), reg. 1(2), Sch. 4 para. 9"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1978/28/section/44",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:22:56.144977+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}