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MATTER OF WILL OF BUNCH

No. 8714SC96.

358 S.E.2d 118 (1987)

In the Matter of the WILL OF Mack BUNCH, Deceased.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

July 21, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Randall, Yaeger, Jervis & Stout by Robert B. Jervis, Durham, for caveator-appellant.

C.C. Malone, Jr., Durham, for propounder-appellee.

PHILLIPS, Judge.

As the caveator recognized in the court below and concedes here: In this state except as authorized by statute an illegitimate child has no legal right to share in the estate of its father; in view of the facts stated above the only statute that could possibly grant her that right is G.S. 29-19(b). This statute states that an illegitimate child may succeed to the estate of:

Any person who has acknowledged himself during his own lifetime and...

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