G.K. Ilanthiraiyan, J. has said that upon adoption ties with the biological family are legally severed and therefore, by operation of law, no person from the biological family of adoptive child could have any connection or claim over any of his properties which devolved upon him in the adoptive family. Thus, the Court set aside the impugned order as it is in contravention of Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act, 1956 (‘HAMA’).”

“G.K. Ilanthiraiyan, J. has said that upon adoption ties with the biological family are legally severed and therefore, by operation of law, no person from the biological family of adoptive child could have any connection or claim over any of his properties which devolved upon him in the adoptive family. Thus, the Court set aside the impugned order as it is in contravention of Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act, 1956 (‘HAMA’).”
https://www.scconline.com/blog/post/2024/06/25/can-biological-family-be-adoptive-child-legal-heirs-have-claim-properties-madras-high-court-answers/#:~:text=G.K.%20Ilanthiraiyan,1956%20(%E2%80%98HAMA%E2%80%99).