Hermitage, TN asked in Estate Planning for Tennessee

Q: Question about estate

My mother left my father when I was 6 months old due to abuse. He never paid child support. My mother remarried and new father adopted me, changing my last name. She divorced him, and when I was 10 my birth father finally agreed to meet me. He ended up driving me home at 3am and I never saw or spoke to him again. He later remarried

and i have 2 half brothers i have never met. If my father passes, do I have any claim to his estate?

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A: Whoever adopted you is your Father who you take as an heir and next of kin at his death. Divorce does not change the adoption.

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