Current through Pa Acts 2024-53, 2024-56 through 2024-92
Section 2107 - Persons born out of wedlock(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) Deleted by 1978, Nov. 26, P.L. 1269, No. 303, § 1, imd. effective.(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 our 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.1972, June 30, P.L. 508, No. 164, § 2, eff. July 1, 1972. Amended 1978, Nov. 26, P.L. 1269, No. 303, § 1, imd. effective.