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Subsection III.
The Effect of Adoption.

860.

The adopted child acquires from the day of the adoption the status of a legitimate child of the adopter.

861.

By adoption the child enters the house of the adopter.

Subsection IV.
The Dissolution of Adoption.

862.

The parties to an adoption may dissolve it by mutual consent.

If the adopted child has not reached his fifteenth year, the disssolution of adoption is effected by the mutual consent of the adopter and of the persons who would have the right to act in the adoption in the place of the child.

If the adopted child desires the dissolution of the adoption after the death of the adopter, he may dissolve it with the consent of the head of the house.

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