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Archive of entries posted on 29th September 2009

Do illegitimate children have inheritance rights?

Before 1991, illegitimate children in Texas could only inherit from their biological parents if the parents eventually got married or if the father acknowledged the child through some authorized manner. The Supreme Court has declared unconstitutional those statutes that limit illegitimate children’s inheritance rights . However, there are still many problems for illegitimate children to [...]