General Laws

[ Text of section effective until March 31, 2012. Repealed by 2008, 521, Sec. 7. See 2008, 521, Sec. 44 as amended by 2010, 409, Sec. 23 and 2011, 224.]

  Section 5. A person born out of wedlock is heir of his mother and of any person from whom his mother might have inherited, if living, and the descendents of a person born out of wedlock shall represent such person and take, by descent, any estate which such person would have taken, if living.