how can an illegitimate child can be legalized?

Answer 1

No child is Illegitimate, just the child's parents are illegitimate.

Answer 2

In this world of baby's mama drama and what not, there is no such thing as illegitimate children. But if what you are reffering to is perhaps getting the father to pay child support or something, then to do so would require:

either:
a) The father's signature on the birth certificate
or:
b) A DNA test stating the man as the father

and a court order stating that he must pay.

Answer 3

Illegitimate children could be legitimized through the following:
1. Adoption by the the parents
2. Marriage of spouses with illegitimate children

Answer 4

In essence, there is no such thing as an illegitimate child.

I think the term was meant to describe a child that was born out of wedlock, was not planned on, and lacked the basics, Father and Mother as man and wife, and all the normal details such as a home, etc.

I did not intend to demean your question, but I really think every child on the face of this earth is legitimate, in every sense of the word, and love and caring, and a home would make them legitimate in any ones book.

Good question,

Darryl S.

Answer 5

by the father signing a paternity declaration
this will give the child the fathers last name
which otherwise, outside of marriage, it wouldnt be on the birth certificate
it will lock the father into legal custody joint with the mother, so he will be legally responsible for half the childs financial needs
and make obtaining a child support order easy peasy
once a paternity declaration is signed
there is no backing out
not even DNA will get you out of it
youre signign a legal document admitting and accepting responsibility for the child
if the child is not biologically yours
and you want to "legitimize" the child
there are step parent adoptions
step parent adoptions are nifty
this is what me and my husband- nto my eldest daughters biological father - did
her biological father had signed a paternity declaration
at her birth
so she had his last name
but then i married my husband and had two kids with him
my eldest felt left out with everyone else having a different name
so we looked into it by contacting a family law attorney
my husband was able to legally adopt my eldest daughter through the step parent adoption process
she now has her biological fathers name on her birth certificate, but her last naem has been legally changed to my husbands last name
should he and i divorce, he will be entitled to visitation like a natural father
and he retains rights to make medical decisions for he, as well as shares the responsibility for her legally{ie- financially}
the best part is
this does not relinquish her biological father who is completely and utterly absent and pays child support only through garnishments amde by the district attorney
he still has to pay up
the best part is
my daughter doesnt feel she is without a father
my husband gave her his name and that meant so much to her

Answer 6

It depends on for what purpose you mean.

In addition to adoption and marriage of the parents mentioned above, a child can become legitimate for purposes of Probate (Wills or Intestacy) by recognition of the child by the father (in almost any manner, including being named in the Will as a child of the father), or by declaration of parentage by the Probate court.

Answer 7

By formal adoption.

Answer 8

Legitimacy should be first resolved in the heart and then declared.

Answer 9

The parents get marreid.