District of Columbia Statutes
§ 19-316 — Share of children born out of wedlock; their heirs; mother; father.
District of Columbia·Title 19 Descent, Distribution, and Trusts. [Enacted title]·Ch. 3 Intestates’ Estates.
Children born out of wedlock and the heirs of children born out of wedlock are capable of taking real and personal estate by inheritance from their mother or from their father if parenthood has been established, or from each other, or from heirs of each other, as the case may be, in like manner as if born in lawful wedlock, and the mother and such father, and their respective heirs, are capable of inheriting from such children.
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Legislative History
Sept. 14, 1965, 79 Stat. 699, Pub. L. 89-183, § 1; Oct. 1, 1976, D.C. Law 1-87, § 22(a), (c), 23 DCR 2544; June 13, 1978, D.C. Law 2-78, § 2, 24 DCR 9282; June 24, 1980, D.C. Law 3-72, § 204(c), 27 DCR 2155
Nearby Sections
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§ 19-101.01
Applicable law.§ 19-101.02
Homestead allowance.§ 19-101.03
Exempt property.§ 19-101.04
Family allowance.§ 19-101.06
Penalties.§ 19-102
Dower and curtesy abolished.§ 19-104
Absent or incompetent spouse.§ 19-107
Effect of acts of one spouse.§ 19-107a
Release of dower.