In re Estate of McCollum

ROBERTS, Justice.

This is an appeal from an order of a circuit court affirming an order of a probate court finding that the appellee, Kenneth McCollum, is entitled to share in the estate of Samuel McCollum, deceased, as the illegitimate son of the deceased. The appel-lee’s claim is based on the provision of Section 731.29, Fla.Stat.19SS, F.S.A., declaring that an illegitimate child is the heir of his mother and “also of the person who, in writing, signed in the presence of a competent witness, acknowledges himself to be the father.”

In support of his claim under the statute, the appellee…