§ 1-208. Illegitimate child

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   (a) Child of his mother. -- A child born to parents who have not participated in a marriage ceremony with each other shall be considered to be the child of his mother.

(b) Child of his father. -- A child born to parents who have not participated in a marriage ceremony with each other shall be considered to be the child of his father only if the father:

   (1) Has been judicially determined to be the father in an action brought under the statutes relating to paternity proceedings;

   (2) Has acknowledged himself, in writing, to be the father;

   (3) Has openly and notoriously recognized the child to be his child; or

   (4) Has subsequently married the mother and has acknowledged himself, orally or in writing, to be the father.

HISTORY: An. Code 1957, art. 93, § 1-208; 1974, ch. 11, § 2; 1996, ch. 10, § 1.

                    
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