Chaulón v. Chabrán

This case is inseparably intertwined with Chabrán v. Méndez, 74 P.R.R. 719. We therefore first set forth what took place in the Méndez case. In the latter we affirmed a judgment dismissing a filiation suit filed in 1950 by Angé-lica Chabrán Hernández, representing her minor son, Zoilo Eduardo Chabrán, against Zoilo Méndez Ríos.

Our reasoning in the Méndez case was as follows: Frank Chaulón obtained a divorce from Angélica Chabrán on January 26, 1945. Under § 113 of the Civil Code, 1930 ed., 31 L.P.R.A. § 461, Zoilo Eduardo who was born to Angé-lica on June 23, 1945, was the presumptively…