183 A.2d 513 IN RE JOYCE ESTATE Supreme Judicial Court of Maine. Hancock. Opinion, August 16, 1962. Inheritance. Illegitimacy. Descent. Wills. Bastards. Adoption. Some positive act on the part of the putative father is necessary to make an illegitimate child heir of the father. Knowledge that any illegitimate child suffers many social and economic deprivations […]