§ 49-11. Effects of legitimation.
§49‑11. Effects of legitimation.
The effect of legitimationunder G.S. 49‑10 shall be to impose upon the father and mother all of thelawful parental privileges and rights, as well as all of the obligations whichparents owe to their lawful issue, and to the same extent as if said child hadbeen born in wedlock, and to entitle such child by succession, inheritance ordistribution, to take real and personal property by, through, and from his orher father and mother as if such child had been born in lawful wedlock. In caseof death and intestacy, the real and personal estate of such child shalldescend and be distributed according to the Intestate Succession Act as if hehad been born in lawful wedlock. (Code, s. 40; Rev., s. 264;C.S., s. 278; 1955, c. 540, s. 2; 1959, c. 879, s. 10; 1963, c. 1131.)