diff --git a/core/src/components/modal/modal.tsx b/core/src/components/modal/modal.tsx
index 8f528e658e5..e5e906204f8 100644
--- a/core/src/components/modal/modal.tsx
+++ b/core/src/components/modal/modal.tsx
@@ -784,6 +784,13 @@ export class Modal implements ComponentInterface, OverlayInterface {
      */
     const unlock = await this.lockController.lock();
 
+    /**
+     * Dismiss all child modals. This is especially important in
+     * Angular and React because it's possible to lose control of a child
+     * modal when the parent modal is dismissed.
+     */
+    await this.dismissNestedModals();
+
     /**
      * If a canDismiss handler is responsible
      * for calling the dismiss method, we should
@@ -1115,6 +1122,34 @@ export class Modal implements ComponentInterface, OverlayInterface {
     }
   }
 
+  /**
+   * When the slot changes, we need to find all the modals in the slot
+   * and set the data-parent-ion-modal attribute on them so we can find them
+   * and dismiss them when we get dismissed.
+   * We need to do it this way because when a modal is opened, it's moved to
+   * the end of the body and is no longer an actual child of the modal.
+   */
+  private onSlotChange = ({ target }: Event) => {
+    const slot = target as HTMLSlotElement;
+    slot.assignedElements().forEach((el) => {
+      el.querySelectorAll('ion-modal').forEach((childModal) => {
+        // We don't need to write to the DOM if the modal is already tagged
+        // If this is a deeply nested modal, this effect should cascade so we don't
+        // need to worry about another modal claiming the same child.
+        if (childModal.getAttribute('data-parent-ion-modal') === null) {
+          childModal.setAttribute('data-parent-ion-modal', this.el.id);
+        }
+      });
+    });
+  };
+
+  private async dismissNestedModals(): Promise<void> {
+    const nestedModals = document.querySelectorAll(`ion-modal[data-parent-ion-modal="${this.el.id}"]`);
+    nestedModals?.forEach(async (modal) => {
+      await (modal as HTMLIonModalElement).dismiss(undefined, 'parent-dismissed');
+    });
+  }
+
   render() {
     const {
       handle,
@@ -1192,7 +1227,7 @@ export class Modal implements ComponentInterface, OverlayInterface {
               ref={(el) => (this.dragHandleEl = el)}
             ></button>
           )}
-          <slot></slot>
+          <slot onSlotchange={this.onSlotChange}></slot>
         </div>
       </Host>
     );
diff --git a/core/src/components/modal/test/inline/index.html b/core/src/components/modal/test/inline/index.html
index 726b682bd86..2e29f756b93 100644
--- a/core/src/components/modal/test/inline/index.html
+++ b/core/src/components/modal/test/inline/index.html
@@ -24,29 +24,76 @@
         <ion-content class="ion-padding">
           <button id="open-inline-modal" onclick="openModal(event)">Open Modal</button>
 
-          <ion-modal swipe-to-close="true">
-            <ion-header>
-              <ion-toolbar>
-                <ion-title> Modal </ion-title>
-              </ion-toolbar>
-            </ion-header>
-            <ion-content class="ion-padding"> This is my inline modal content! </ion-content>
-          </ion-modal>
+          <div id="modal-container">
+            <ion-modal swipe-to-close="true">
+              <ion-header>
+                <ion-toolbar>
+                  <ion-title> Modal </ion-title>
+                </ion-toolbar>
+              </ion-header>
+              <ion-content class="ion-padding">
+                <p>This is my inline modal content!</p>
+                <button id="open-child-modal" onclick="openChildModal(event)">Open Child Modal</button>
+
+                <ion-modal id="child-modal" swipe-to-close="true">
+                  <ion-header>
+                    <ion-toolbar>
+                      <ion-title>Child Modal</ion-title>
+                    </ion-toolbar>
+                  </ion-header>
+                  <ion-content class="ion-padding">
+                    <p>This is the child modal content!</p>
+                    <p>When the parent modal is dismissed, this child modal should also be dismissed automatically.</p>
+                    <button id="dismiss-parent" onclick="dismissParent(event)">Dismiss Parent Modal</button>
+                    <button id="dismiss-child" onclick="dismissChild(event)">Dismiss Child Modal</button>
+                  </ion-content>
+                </ion-modal>
+              </ion-content>
+            </ion-modal>
+          </div>
         </ion-content>
       </div>
     </ion-app>
 
     <script>
       const modal = document.querySelector('ion-modal');
+      const childModal = document.querySelector('#child-modal');
+
       modal.presentingElement = document.querySelector('.ion-page');
+      childModal.presentingElement = modal;
 
       const openModal = () => {
         modal.isOpen = true;
       };
 
+      const openChildModal = () => {
+        childModal.isOpen = true;
+      };
+
+      const dismissParent = () => {
+        modal.isOpen = false;
+      };
+
+      const dismissChild = () => {
+        childModal.isOpen = false;
+      };
+
       modal.addEventListener('didDismiss', () => {
         modal.isOpen = false;
       });
+
+      childModal.addEventListener('didDismiss', () => {
+        childModal.isOpen = false;
+      });
+
+      // Add event listeners to demonstrate the new functionality
+      modal.addEventListener('ionModalDidDismiss', (event) => {
+        console.log('Parent modal dismissed with role:', event.detail.role);
+      });
+
+      childModal.addEventListener('ionModalDidDismiss', (event) => {
+        console.log('Child modal dismissed with role:', event.detail.role);
+      });
     </script>
   </body>
 </html>
diff --git a/core/src/components/modal/test/inline/modal.e2e.ts b/core/src/components/modal/test/inline/modal.e2e.ts
index 05276722d95..35690fc2d8f 100644
--- a/core/src/components/modal/test/inline/modal.e2e.ts
+++ b/core/src/components/modal/test/inline/modal.e2e.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ configs({ modes: ['ios'], directions: ['ltr'] }).forEach(({ title, config }) =>
       await page.goto('/src/components/modal/test/inline', config);
       const ionModalDidPresent = await page.spyOnEvent('ionModalDidPresent');
       const ionModalDidDismiss = await page.spyOnEvent('ionModalDidDismiss');
-      const modal = page.locator('ion-modal');
+      const modal = page.locator('ion-modal').first();
 
       await page.click('#open-inline-modal');
 
@@ -22,6 +22,67 @@ configs({ modes: ['ios'], directions: ['ltr'] }).forEach(({ title, config }) =>
       await expect(modal).toBeHidden();
     });
 
+    test('it should dismiss child modals when parent modal is dismissed', async ({ page }) => {
+      await page.goto('/src/components/modal/test/inline', config);
+      const ionModalDidPresent = await page.spyOnEvent('ionModalDidPresent');
+      const ionModalDidDismiss = await page.spyOnEvent('ionModalDidDismiss');
+
+      const parentModal = page.locator('ion-modal').first();
+      const childModal = page.locator('#child-modal');
+
+      // Open the parent modal
+      await page.click('#open-inline-modal');
+      await ionModalDidPresent.next();
+      await expect(parentModal).toBeVisible();
+
+      // Open the child modal
+      await page.click('#open-child-modal');
+      await ionModalDidPresent.next();
+      await expect(childModal).toBeVisible();
+
+      // Both modals should be visible
+      await expect(parentModal).toBeVisible();
+      await expect(childModal).toBeVisible();
+
+      // Dismiss the parent modal
+      await page.click('#dismiss-parent');
+
+      // Wait for both modals to be dismissed
+      await ionModalDidDismiss.next(); // child modal dismissed
+      await ionModalDidDismiss.next(); // parent modal dismissed
+
+      // Both modals should be hidden
+      await expect(parentModal).toBeHidden();
+      await expect(childModal).toBeHidden();
+    });
+
+    test('it should only dismiss child modal when child dismiss button is clicked', async ({ page }) => {
+      await page.goto('/src/components/modal/test/inline', config);
+      const ionModalDidPresent = await page.spyOnEvent('ionModalDidPresent');
+      const ionModalDidDismiss = await page.spyOnEvent('ionModalDidDismiss');
+
+      const parentModal = page.locator('ion-modal').first();
+      const childModal = page.locator('#child-modal');
+
+      // Open the parent modal
+      await page.click('#open-inline-modal');
+      await ionModalDidPresent.next();
+      await expect(parentModal).toBeVisible();
+
+      // Open the child modal
+      await page.click('#open-child-modal');
+      await ionModalDidPresent.next();
+      await expect(childModal).toBeVisible();
+
+      // Dismiss only the child modal
+      await page.click('#dismiss-child');
+      await ionModalDidDismiss.next();
+
+      // Parent modal should still be visible, child modal should be hidden
+      await expect(parentModal).toBeVisible();
+      await expect(childModal).toBeHidden();
+    });
+
     test('presenting should create a single root element with the ion-page class', async ({ page }, testInfo) => {
       testInfo.annotations.push({
         type: 'issue',