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At common law, legitimacy is the status of a child who is born to parents who are legally married to one another, or who is born shortly after the parents' marriage ends through divorce. The opposite of legitimacy is the status of being "illegitimate" – born to a woman and a man who are not married to one another.

The impact on children

The impact of this status on the mother

The impact of this status on the father

See also

• Extramarital pregnancy - the social phenomena of children born outside of marriage
• Single parents - for the effects on the parents]]
• Unwed mothers - for longer term effects on mothers