Legal Opinion
Pickett v. Brown
Tennessee Supreme Court
Decided August 30, 1982PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
DROWOTA, Justice.
This appeal seeks to uphold the constitutionality of the two-year statute of limitations upon an action to establish paternity, found in TCA § 36-224(2). 1 The action was brought in May, 1978, to establish the paternity and obtain an order for support of a child born in November, 1968. The defendant argued that since the action was brought more than two years after the child’s birth, and he had never acknowledged the child in writing or by furnishing support, the action was barred. The plaintiff mother filed a motion challenging the constitutionality of the section.…
2Cases cited24 opinions
- Weber v. Aetna Casualty & Surety Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Levy v. Louisiana Ex Rel. Charity HospitalSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Trimble v. GordonSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Mathews v. LucasSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Gomez v. PerezSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
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3Cited by15 opinions
- Burford v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 1992
- Pickett v. BrownSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
- District of Columbia Ex Rel. W.J.D. v. E.M.District of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1983
- Wooden v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1994
- Frick v. MaldonadoCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1983
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