Do bastards have equal inheritance rights in California?

When it comes to inheritance laws are bastards and legitimate children equals?
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Of course.

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isn't it first come first served?

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Yes

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The law of inheritance have a couple of caveats, though. If a parent shooses to disinherit his child for whatever reason and expressly does so contained by his will the child will have no right of inheritance unless the will can be successfully challenged on basis of incompetence, undue influence or deficit of testimentary intent. A decedent could have 12 children and only make a bequest to the oldest at his pick. Now, if he did that and failed to disinherit the other eleven, then there is a provision contained by the probate code that allows a child in that situation to sue the estate for an intestate share of the estate, which is to say that share the child would have received have the decedent died without a will. For this purpose, illegitimate children are considered equal parancers with those of "whole blood," and the same rationale is applied to adopt children and stepchildren as well. In summary, it depends on how the decedent wrote his will, because the courts give great weight to what the testator wrote, away from home a showing of incompetence. BTW-the use of the term "bastard" has an extremely negative connotation surrounded by the minds of most people. I would be careful about tossing it around so dispassionately if I were you.

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