New York Laws Part 4 - Rights of Members of Family Resulting From Wrongful Act, Neglect or Default Causing Death of Decedent 5-4.5 - Non-Marital Children
For the purposes of this part, a non-marital child is the distributee
of his father and paternal kindred and the father and paternal kindred
of a non-marital child are that child's distributees to the extent
permitted by 4-1.2.