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  1. Dec 13, 2016 · An illegitimate child is a child who is born to parents who are not married to each other, or who is born “out of wedlock.”. An illegitimate child may also be referred to as a “bastard,” or a “love child.”. Perhaps one of the most famous illegitimate children in Hollywood was the love child born to actor and the former governor of ...

  2. Definition and Legal Status. An illegitimate child, also known as a non-marital child or a child born out of wedlock, is a child whose parents were not married at the time of their birth. In many legal systems, the term "illegitimate" has been replaced with "non-marital" to reduce stigma.

  3. Family and criminal code. (or criminal law) v. t. e. Legitimacy, in traditional Western common law, is the status of a child born to parents who are legally married to each other, and of a child conceived before the parents obtain a legal divorce. Conversely, illegitimacy, also known as bastardy, has been the status of a child born outside ...

  4. Illegitimacy, status of children begotten and born outside of wedlock. Many statutes either state, or are interpreted to mean, that usually a child born under a void marriage is not illegitimate if his parents clearly believed that they were legally married. Similarly, annulment of a marriage.

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  5. Jul 16, 2019 · In 1969, just one year after this trust was set up, the law was changed to provide property rights for illegitimate children, by introducing a presumption that any reference to a child of a person in a ‘disposition’ (such as a trust deed) was to be construed as including a reference to any illegitimate child of that person.

  6. Illegitimate Child. An illegitimate child refers to a child who is born to unmarried parents and does not have a legal relationship with either parent. The concept of illegitimacy has evolved over time, with many countries now providing equal social protection and rights to both legitimate and illegitimate children.

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  8. The common law of England (like virtually all other legal systems) distinguished between legitimate children, recognised as full members of the family, and illegitimate children or bastards. 1 But the common law was, in one respect, much more severe than the canon and civil laws: those laws recognised that a child, born illegitimate, could acquire the status of legitimacy if his parents ...

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