From Illegitimate to Legitimate... How?
BASTARD! This is the word that is mostly uttered by the people despising a child that is born out of marriage. It may be painful to hear it but it is reality. Illegitimate child is something that brands a person of inferior status. As a matter of fact, when it comes to sharing of property, the share of an illegitimate child is half to that of the legitimate child. Though one may ask that it is not the fault of an illegitimate child, but it is the law. A child was considered to be illegitimate at common law if the parents were not married to each other at the time of the child's birth even though the parents were married later http://legal-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/Illegitimate+children . Fortunately, there is a way on which an illegitimate child can become legitimated. Once he becomes legitimated, he shall enjoy all the rights and privileges granted and provided to legitimate child. Thus, in the eyes of l...