Boatman v. Dawkins

743 S.W.2d 800 (1988)

294 Ark. 421

Hortense BOATMAN, Appellant,

v.

Mable DAWKINS, Appellee.

No. 87-219.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

February 1, 1988.

Mary Thomason, El Dorado, for appellant.

George Van Hook, Jr., El Dorado, for appellee.

DUDLEY, Justice.

The primary issue in this case is whether a statute which requires an illegitimate child to file a claim for her share of her father's estate within a shorter period of time than would be required for a legitimate child to do the same thing violates the equal protection clause of the fourteenth amendment. We uphold the constitutionality of such a…