Bloody hell - guys. This would be fascinating to explore ICly:

In Marckx v Belgium, 'Ms. Paula Marckx, being unmarried, gave birth to a daughter in 1973. Under Belgian law, [i]no legal bond between an unmarried mother and her child resulted from the mere fact of birth[/i]. To create the bond, the mother had either to recognise maternity in specific proceedings or to adopt the child. In both cases, the child's inheritance rights remained less than those a child born in marriage received automatically.'

Woah. Might do it myself if no one has by the time I'm free.

Edit: I can understand there being no link between an illegitimate child and the father. But the mother, that's new.

Edit 2: I believe the relevant law has since been abolished.