2084 Since it is impossible for a father to hold out a child as his before the child is born, an illegitimate child of a decedent who died before she was born can maintain an action for wrongful death of the decedent if paternity can be established by other clear and convincing evidence.CitationCHEYANNA M v AC NIELSEN (Natural Parent) 66 CA4 855 [See: CCP 377.6 etseq; ProbC 50, 6402, 6453; Justus v Atchison 19 C3 564; Steed v Imperial 12 C3 115; Phraner v Cote Mart 55 CA4 166, T/AT 6/97; Desplancke v Wilson 14 CA4 631, T/AT 5/93]
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