A child is born to a woman 270 days after the death of her husband. What is the legal state of the child in this scenario?
Correct Answer: Legitimate
Description: A person born in a lawful marriage is legitimate. If a person is born during the continuance of a legal marriage, or within 280 days after the dissolution of the marriage by divorce or death of the husband, his bih is presumed to be legitimate (S.112, IFA) Ref: Textbook of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology by Narayan Reddy, Edition 21, Page - 335
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