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Originally posted by Bad_Rich_Chic
I'm curious - are there any surviving legal distinctions between legitimate and illegitimate offspring anymore? I guess I'm thinking particularly in terms of inheritance, but otherwise? Do children of, say, divorced parents have better protections than those having claims in paternity suits?
BR(think of the children - the CHILDREN!!)C
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I think on gov't benefits the answer is basically no, other than perhaps on burdens of proof, which can matter (e.g., you're presumed to be the son of your mother's husband at the time of your birth, but if no such husband you have to prove him to be your father (absent his haveing acknowledged it).
But any differences aren't an argument for/against marriage, but rather a documentation argument--that is, it should be better. (Do we want people getting married simply because it avoids offspring having to prove their lineage?)
