JOHNSON, Judge.
The issue presented by this appeal is whether an illegitimate child may inherit, through intestate succession, from the estate of a father who acknowledged paternity to the child by pleading guilty in a criminal bastardy action. The trial court held that plaintiff was entitled to inherit. For the reasons that follow, we affirm the trial court's decision.
Plaintiff was born out of wedlock to Patricia Bailey on 14 December 1963. On 31 August...
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