3538 - Distributions involving persons born out of wedlock.
§ 3538. Distributions involving persons born out of wedlock. A personal representative may administer an estate on the assumption that no person born out of wedlock is entitled to share as a distributee unless the personal representative has knowledge or has received notice that such a person with possible distributee's rights exists. If a personal representative has distributed an estate, or part thereof, in good faith without knowledge of a person born out of wedlock who has rights as a distributee, said distribution actually made shall not impose liability on the personal representative. Except as herein otherwise provided, a person born out of wedlock shall have the same rights in an estate and shall be subject to such time limitations and to such procedures as are applied to any other heir or claimant against an estate. (Nov. 26, 1978, P.L.1269, No.303, eff. imd.) 1978 Amendment. Act 303 added section 3538. Section 5 of Act 303 provided that Act 303 shall not apply to wills or conveyances executed prior to the effective date of Act 303 or to rights from and through a child's father if the father had died prior to the effective date of Act 303. Cross References. Section 3538 is referred to in section 7799.2 of this title.