8/16/2019 Memo to Client

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Dear 40 year old woman,

 You have confded to me that you are single and you are sixmonths pregnant. Also, you said that the ather-to-e o the ayyou are earing is your !"-year old oyriend. You mentioned to me

that you are in love with your !"-year old oyriend ut you #nowthat his amily will not accept you.

 You told me that you want to #now aout the status o your childwhen it will come out o your wom. You are also concerned aoutthe remedy o you and your oyriend getting married.

$et me frst discuss to you aout the status o your child. % yourchild is orn ater you get married with your oyriend, your childwill e legitimate. &e will have the right to ear the surname o hisather. &e is entitled also to receive support rom his parents,

grandparents, his rothers or sisters. &e will e entitiled also to thesuccessional rights granted y law.

'n the other hand, i your child will e orn without themarriage o his parents, he will e illegitimate. &e will e using yoursurname. &owever, he may also use the surname o his ather i hisather will recogni(e the child. Also, i your child will e illegitimate,he is only entitled to one-hal o the legitime o a legitimate child.)or example, i your oyriend will marry another woman and theywill have a child and will inherit ! million, your child will only eentitled o hal o it.

*o, i you get married eore your child is orn, your child will eprotected y the law as legitimate. % you will not have the chanceto get married eore your child is orn, % am sad to say that yourchild will e illegitimate.

 You should not worry ecause there is great chance that yourchild will e legitimate. % not, the ather can ac#nowledge the child.