421 So. 2d 1285 - Murphy v. Murphy’s Empirical Analysis

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1. “"We have concluded that there are three situations in Alabama in which a child born out of wedlock may inherit from his intestate father, short of having been adopted by the father. In the first, the child is `legitimated' by the marriage of the parents and recognition of the child by the father as his own. Code 1975, § 26-11-1 . Recognition must be unambiguous and clear in its character. Howard v. Pike , 290 Ala. 213 , 275 So.2d 645 (1973). "In the second, the child is `legitimated' by the father's written declaration , attested by two witnesses, which is filed in the office of the probate judge. Code 1975, § 26-11-2 . [The third situation, `judicial determination of paternity,' is not relevant here.]" (Emphasis added in Everage.)”

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