2019 US Virgin Islands Code
Title 16 - Domestic Relations
Chapter 11 - Establishing Paternity
§ 295. Proof of paternity when a parent is deceased
Universal Citation: V.I. Code tit. 16, § 295 (2019)
(a) The deceased father of a child born out-of-wedlock, by having publicly acknowledged the child as his own, or having received the child into his family and otherwise having treated it as if it were a legitimate child, thereby provides evidence of paternity.
(b) If the mother is dead at the time of a paternity establishment proceeding, her declaration made in the time of travail and persevered in as her dying declaration, to the extent relevant, shall be evidence of paternity.
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