Legitimacy (family law)
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legitimacy-family-law-161-15177020
title:
Legitimacy (family law)
text:
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 marriage, such a child being known as a bastard, a love child, a natural child, or illegitimate. In Scots law, the terms natural son and natural daughter carry the same implications. The importance of legitimacy
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Legal status of a child born to parents who are legally married
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legitimacy_(family_law)
date created:
2004-04-04T02:09:40Z
date modified:
2024-08-27T12:09:52Z
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