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A. A guardian of the person or estate, or both, of a child born or likely to be born, may be nominated by will or by other written instrument to take effect upon the death of the parent so nominating:

1. If the child is born in wedlock, by either parent or by both parents;

2. If the child is born out of wedlock, by the mother of the child or by the natural father of the child, if said natural father has acknowledged paternity or has been judicially or administratively determined to be the father of the child at a paternity proceeding or by both such mother and father.

B. A nomination made by a parent who has relinquished parental rights pursuant to an adoption proceeding or whose parental rights have been terminated by a Court shall have no effect.