Lowell v. Kowalski

This action was commenced in a Probate Court seeking a declaratory judgment that the plaintiff Allyson Marie Lowell is the daughter of Francis R. Kowalski (Kowalski) and is entitled to share in the distribution of the assets of Kowalski’s estate. Kowalski died shortly before the plaintiff’s birth.

The judge found that Kowalski was the father of the plaintiff, that her parents never were married to each other, and that Kowalski had never been adjudicated to be her father under G. L. c. 273, § 12. The parties stipulated that Kowalski had acknowledged orally and in writing that he was the…