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Statutes > Alabama > Title26 > Chapter11 > 26-11-1Section 26-11-1
Legitimation by marriage of parents and recognition of child by father.
The marriage of the mother and reputed father of a bastard child renders it legitimate if the child is recognized by the father as his child.
(Code 1852, §2008; Code 1867, §2404; Code 1876, §2742; Code 1886, §2364; Code 1896, §364; Code 1907, §5199; Code 1923, §9299; Code 1940, T. 27, §10.)