of action for wrongful death since they have no ability to inherit under intestacy statutes). Accordingly, this Court has defined the paternity standard in the instant case as whether the putative father, Warren Seeds, acknowledged Souletta as his daughter. In re Adventure Bound Sports, Inc., No. CV489-274, at 10; see also O.C.G.A. § 34-9-13 (Supp.1992) (defining “child” in workers’ compensation action to include “acknowledged children born out of wedlock”); O.C.G.A. § 51-4-2 (Supp.1992) (permitting children who can prove paternity to bring wrongful death action); Edenfield, 306 S.E.2d at 915 (permitting proven children, legitimate or illegitimate, to bring wrongful death actions under O.C.G.A. § 51-4-2); American Mut. Liab. Ins. Co. v. Hogan, 91 Ga.App. 891, 87 S.E.2d 661, 664 (1955) (<HOLDING>). Petitioners argue that this Court should
holding that the presumption of legitimacy shifts the burden of persuasion to the putative father to establish that he did not father the child holding that a child was not barred by a former statute of limitations applicable to actions to establish the existence of a father and child relationship when the current action was to establish the nonexistence of a father and child relationship and the presumed father no longer persisted in maintaining paternity holding an unborn child is not a child for purposes of criminal prosecution of mistreatment of a child holding illegitimate child acknowledged by putative father stands on same footing as legitimate child under workers compensation statute holding that an illegitimate child is guaranteed a right of support from his father