Legal Opinion
Gomez v. Perez
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided January 17, 1973No. 71-575PublishedCited by 420 opinions
1Per curiam
The issue presented by this appeal is whether the laws of Texas may constitutionally grant legitimate children a judicially enforceable right to support from their natural fathers and at the same time deny that right to illegitimate children.
In 1969, appellant filed a petition in Texas District Court seeking support from appellee on behalf of her *536minor child. After a hearing, the state trial judge found that appellee is “the biological father” of the child, and that the child “needs the support and maintenance of her father,” but concluded that because the child was illegitimate “there is no…
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