Recognition of relationship for the purpose of succession to property

(1) The relationship of father and child, and any other relationship traced in any degree through that relationship and the legal consequences thereof shall, for any purpose related to succession to property or to the construction of any will or other testamentary disposition or of any instrument creating a trust, be recognized and shall follow only if, (a) the father and the mother of the child were married to each other at the time of its conception or at some subsequent time; or (b) paternity has been admitted by or otherwise established during the lifetime of the father; except that where the purpose of such an admission is for the benefit of the father, the paternity should have been so admitted or established during the lifetime of the child. (2) Nothing in this section shall limit or affect the provisions of this Act dealing with the adoption of children.