Estate of Castaneda, in Re

OPINION

CADENA, Chief Justice.

Appellants, three illegitimate children of Francisco Castaneda, appeal from a judgment declaring they are not entitled to share in the estate of their father, who died intestate. We affirm that judgment.

Appellants concede they do not come within the provisions of TEX.PROB.CODE ANN. § 42(b) (Vernon 1980), which provides that an illegitimate child may inherit from its father if (1) the child is born or conceived before or during the marriage of its parents; or (2) it is legitimated by court decree as provided in Chapter 13 of the Family Code; or (3) the father…