To: tophat9000
Children of a “natural” marriage are always legitimate. Children whose parents’ marriage is annulled are always legitimate.
I child is considered illegitimate if the mother and father aren’t married, at least civilly.
To: SpirituTuo; tophat9000
Spiritu, all children in the Church are considered "legitimate," in the sense that there is simply no category of illegitimacy or bastardy in Canon Law applying the children.
The parents may have had an illegitimate marriage, but there are no illegitimate children. Not in Canon Law.
38 posted on
03/04/2015 12:22:24 PM PST by
Mrs. Don-o
(Save us from the fires of hell; lead all souls to heaven, especially those in most need of Thy mercy)
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