Most States Unjustly Stigmatize
Children Born to Unmarried Parents
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This table identifies states which either have statutes using the term "bastard" or "illegitimate" to refer to children born out of wedlock. It also identifies court cases in which appellate judges have referred to such children as "illegitimate."
| State |
Statutes referring to such
children as "bastards" |
Statutes referring to such children as
"illegitimate" |
Judges referring to such children as "illegitimate" |
| Alabama | § 26-11-1 | 1998 Ala. LEXIS 192 | |
| Arkansas | Const. amendment #67 | § 5-26-411 | 971 S.W.2d 263, 265 |
| California | 78 Cal.Rptr.2d 335, 347 | ||
| Colorado | 962 P.2d 339, 341 | ||
| Connecticut | 710 A.2d 1297, 1320 | ||
| Florida | 1999 Fla.App. LEXIS 10064 | ||
| Georgia | 510 S.E.2d 823 | ||
| Illinois | 701 N.E.2d 1147, 1150 | ||
| Indiana | 689 N.E.2d 1265, 1268 | ||
| Iowa | 591 N.W.2d 182, 188 | ||
| Kansas | 923 P.2d 1044 | ||
| Kentucky | 965 S.W.2d 836, 839 | ||
| Louisiana | § C. C. Art. 238 | 715 So.2d 483, 487 | |
| Maryland | 728 A.2d 743, 753 | ||
| Massachusetts | 711 N.E.2d 886, 890 | ||
| Michigan | 573 N.W.2d 291 | ||
| Minnesota | 1997 Min.App. LEXIS 1397 | ||
| Mississippi | Chapter 9 | § 91-1-15 | 718 So.2d 1091 |
| Missouri | 959 S.W. 944 | ||
| Montana | 883 P.2d 1246, 1249, 1255 | ||
| Nebraska | 546 N.W.2d 61, 65-66 | ||
| Nevada | 889 P.2d 823, 828-829, 832 | ||
| New Mexico | 959 P.2d 540, 547 |