PART C

Sec. C-1. 18-A MRSA §2-109, sub-§2, as amended by PL 1987, c. 736, §37, is further amended to read:

(2) In cases not covered by paragraph (1), a person born out of wedlock is a child of the mother; that person is also a child of the father if:

(i) The natural parents participated in a marriage ceremony before or after the birth of the child, even though the attempted marriage is void; or

(ii) The father adopts the child into his family; or

(iii) The father acknowledges in writing before a notary public that he is the father of the child, or the paternity is established by an adjudication before the death of the father or is established thereafter by clear and convincing proof, but the paternity established under this subparagraph is ineffective to qualify the father or his kindred to inherit from or through the child unless the father has openly treated the child as his and has not refused to support the child.;

Sec. C-2. 18-A MRSA §2-109, sub-§3, as enacted by PL 1995, c. 694, Pt. C, §6 and affected by Pt. E, §2, is amended to read:

(3) A divorce or judicial separation does not bar the issue of the marriage from inheriting.;

Sec. C-3. 18-A MRSA §2-109, sub-§§(4) to (10) are enacted to read:

(4) A child born to parents who have been parties to a gestational agreement under Title 19-A, chapter 61, subchapter 8 is the child of the parents as determined pursuant to that agreement;