Pennsylvania § 2107 Persons born out of wedlock

Pennsylvania Statutes

§ 2107 — Persons born out of wedlock

Pennsylvania § 2107

Title 20DECEDENTS, ESTATES AND FIDUCIARIES

Ch. 21INTESTATE SUCCESSION

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20 Pa. Cons. Stat. § 2107 (2026).

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(a)Child of mother.--For purposes of descent by, from and through a person born out of wedlock, he shall be considered the child of his mother.

(b)Marriage of parents.--(Deleted by amendment).

(c)Child of father.--For purposes of descent by, from and through a person born out of wedlock, he shall be considered the child of his father when the identity of the father has been determined in any one of the following ways:

(1)If the parents of a child born out of wedlock shall have married each other.

(2)If during the lifetime of the child, the father openly holds out the child to be his and receives the child into his home, or openly holds the child out to be his and provides support for the child which shall be determined by clear and convincing evidence.

(3)If there is clear and c

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(a) Child of mother.--For purposes of descent by, from and through a person born out of wedlock, he shall be considered the child of his mother.

(b) Marriage of parents.--(Deleted by amendment).

(c) Child of father.--For purposes of descent by, from and through a person born out of wedlock, he shall be considered the child of his father when the identity of the father has been determined in any one of the following ways:

(1) If the parents of a child born out of wedlock shall have married each other.

(2) If during the lifetime of the child, the father openly holds out the child to be his and receives the child into his home, or openly holds the child out to be his and provides support for the child which shall be determined by clear and convincing evidence.

(3) If there is clear and convincing evidence that the man was the father of the child, which may include a prior court determination of paternity.