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When an unmarried woman adopts a child and subsequently marries, who does the person she marries become…

Under s.14 of the Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act, 1956, where an unmarried woman who has adopted a child later marries, her husband becomes the "Stepfather of the child."

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When an unmarried woman adopts a child and subsequently marries, who does the person she marries become in relation to the child?

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Under s.14 of the Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act, 1956, where an unmarried woman who has adopted a child later marries, her husband becomes the "Stepfather of the child."

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