Born out of wedlock

Born Out of Wedlock definition:
Born of parents who were not married at the time of birth.
Related Terms: Bastard
Children born of a mother and a father who were not married at the time of birth; who are not in wedlock.

Born out of wedlock
Born of parents who were not married at the time of birth.

Born out of wedlock
Illegitimate; illegitimacy; bastardy. Born of parents who were not married to each other at the time of birth.

person born out of wedlock whose legal status is illegitimacy. In civil law countries and in about half the states of the United States, the union of the parents in marriage after birth makes the child legitimate.

out of wedlock (born out of wedlock) A child born of parents who were not legally married to each other at that time.

"Paternity suits" are launched when a man denies paternity of a child born out of wedlock. New technology of DNA testing can establish paternity thus obliging the father to provide child support.

paternity suit - A court action to determine whether a person is the father of a child born out of wedlock for the purpose, commonly, of enforcing support obligations.

" Used mostly to refer to illegitimate children as "born out of wedlock." Will A written and signed statement, made by an individual, which provides for the disposition of their property when they die.

However, to determine whether a man is the father of a child born out of wedlock, a lawsuit known as a "paternity action" must be brought. In such a suit, paternity may be established if the alleged father admits paternity.

In the phraseology of the English or American law, natural children are children born out of wedlock, or bastards, and are distinguished from legitimate children; but in the language of the civil law, ...

Legitimated - Most countries have legal procedures for natural fathers of children born out of wedlock to acknowledge their children. A legitimated child from any country has two legal parents and cannot qualify as an orphan unless: 1.

Paternity
Being a father. "Paternity suits" are launched when a man denies paternity of a child born out of wedlock. New technology of DNA testing can establish paternity thus obliging the father to provide child support.
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paternity suit - An action brought to determine the identity of the father of a child born out of wedlock, and to provide for the support of the child once the identity of the father has been determined.

NATURAL CHILDREN.
In the phraseology of the English or American law, natural children are children born out of wedlock, or bastards, and are distinguished from legitimate... more ...

Formerly, statutes governing wills used this phrase to specify children born to married parents, and to exclude those born out of wedlock. Now, the phrase means the same as issue and "lineal descendant."
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See also: Wedlock, Child, Court, Will, Law