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However, a child born more than ten months after the death of a parent shall not be recognized as such parent’s child for the purposes of subdivisions (i), (ii) and (iii) of this section.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":199298,"text":"A child whose status as a child is declared or negated by this chapter is the child only of his parent or parents as determined under this chapter, Title 64.2, and, when applicable, Chapter 3.1 (\u00a7 20-49.1 et seq.) of this title for all purposes including, but not limited to, (i) intestate succession; (ii) probate law exemptions, allowances, or other protections for children in a parent’s estate; and (iii) determining eligibility of the child or its descendants to share in a donative transfer from any person as an individual or as a member of a class determined by reference to the relationship. 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This law was first created in 1991. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 600 of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. Unfortunately, the 1991 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 1 time. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. That modification is as follows: in 1994, chapter 919<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":79167,"section_number":"20-49.1","catch_line":"How parent and child relationship established","order_by":null,"url":"\/20-49.1\/"}],"permalink":{"id":179457,"object_type":"law","relational_id":54285,"identifier":"20-164","token":"20\/9\/20-164","url":"\/20-164\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/20-164\/","token":"20\/9\/20-164","dublin_core":{"Title":"Relation of parent and child","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 20-164","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A child whose status as a child is declared or negated by this chapter is the child only of his parent or parents as determined under this chapter, Title 64.2, and, when applicable, Chapter 3.1 (\u00a7 20-49.1<\/a> et seq.) of this title for all purposes including, but not limited to, (i) intestate succession; (ii) probate law<\/span> exemptions, allowances, or other protections for children in a parent’s estate; and (iii) determining eligibility of the child or its descendants to share in a donative transfer from any person as an individual or as a member of a class determined by reference to the relationship. However, a child born more than ten months after the death of a parent shall not be recognized as such parent’s child for the purposes of subdivisions (i), (ii) and (iii) of this section.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nRELATION OF PARENT AND CHILD (\u00a7 20-164)\n\nA child whose status as a child is declared or negated by this chapter is the\nchild only of his parent or parents as determined under this chapter, Title\n64.2, and, when applicable, Chapter 3.1 (\u00a7 20-49.1 et seq.) of this title for\nall purposes including, but not limited to, (i) intestate succession; (ii)\nprobate law exemptions, allowances, or other protections for children in a\nparent’s estate; and (iii) determining eligibility of the child or its\ndescendants to share in a donative transfer from any person as an individual or\nas a member of a class determined by reference to the relationship. However, a\nchild born more than ten months after the death of a parent shall not be\nrecognized as such parent’s child for the purposes of subdivisions (i),\n(ii) and (iii) of this section.\n\nHISTORY: 1991, c. 600; 1994, c. 919.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}