In Re Estate of Benson

1 This is an appeal by Appellant, John Michael Benson, a minor, by and through his next best friend and legal guardian, Maxine House, from an order of the Trial Court sustaining a demurrer to Appellants Objection to Distribution of the Estate of John H. Benson. The Court ordered said estate distributed in accordance with the will, thus excluding the child of the deceased. The Trial Court further held John Michael Benson a bastard child and that the decedent did not voluntarily acknowledge paternity of Appellant in writing before a competent witness or otherwise legitimize said child through his acts, conduct, or words.