When an illegitimate person dies intestate and without lawful issue, his or her property, real and personal, if there is any, shall pass, and belong to his or her mother, if living, and, in case of her death, to her heirs, subject always to the payment of debts and demands against such illegitimate person and to expenses of administration.

11 Del. Laws, c. 243, § ?1; 24 Del. Laws, c. 224, § ?1; Code 1915, § ?3087; 32 Del. Laws, c. 184, § ?7; Code 1935, § ?3573; 13 Del. C. 1953, § ?1302; 70 Del. Laws, c. 186, § ?1;