578. Adoption creates the same rights and obligations as filiation by birth.
The court may, however, according to circumstances, permit a marriage or civil union in the collateral line between the adopted person and a member of his or her adoptive family.
1991, c. 64, a. 578; 2002, c. 6, s. 33; 2023, c. 132023, c. 13, s. 251.