Effect of the order.
Section 768
SEC. 768. Effect of the order. — The natural parents, except when such child is adopted under the provisions of the second preceding section shall, by such order, be divested of all rights and obligations in respect to the child, and the child shall be free from all legal obligations of obedience and maintenance with respect to them. Such child shall be to all intents and purposes the child and legal heir of the person so adopting him or her, entitled to all the rights and privileges, and subject to all the obligations of a child of such person begotten in lawful wedlock: Provided, nevertheless, That the child so adopted shall still remain the legal heir of his father and mother, and in case of the death of the child, his father and mother and relatives by nature, and not by adoption, shall remain his legal heirs.