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Section 578.1
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578.1. If the parents of an adopted child are of the same sex and where different rights and obligations are assigned by law to the father and to the mother, the parent who is biologically related to the child has the rights and obligations assigned to the father in the case of a male couple and those assigned to the mother in the case of a female couple. The adoptive parent has the rights and obligations assigned by law to the other parent.
If neither parent is biologically related to the child, the rights and obligations of each parent are determined in the adoption judgment or in any act which, under the law, produces the effects of adoption in Québec.
578.1. If the parents of an adopted child are of the same sex and where different rights and obligations are assigned by law to the father and to the mother, the parent who is biologically related to the child has the rights and obligations assigned to the father in the case of a male couple and those assigned to the mother in the case of a female couple. The adoptive parent has the rights and obligations assigned by law to the other parent.
If neither parent is biologically related to the child, the rights and obligations of each parent are determined in the adoption judgment.
