Hietala v. Heir of Pakarinen

Rogosheske, Justice.

Appeal from an order of the district court dismissing an appeal from the probate court.

The sole issue presented is whether Minn. St. 525.172, which prescribes the standard of proof necessary for an illegitimate child to inherit from his putative father who dies intestate, makes an unreasonable classification between legitimate children and illegitimate children in violation of the equal-protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution and of Minn. Const, art. 1, § 2, and art. 4, §§ 33 and 34. We hold that it does not.

Peter Pakarinen,…