Connell v. A.B.

I respectfully dissent.

The provisions of IND.CODE § 29-1-2-7(b) have not been sufficiently complied with. This statute provides in part:

"(b) For the purpose of inheritance to, through and from an illegitimate child, such child shall be treated the same as if he were the legitimate child of his father, if but only if, (1) the paternity of such child has been established by law, during the father's lifetime; or (2) if the putative father marries the mother of the child and acknowledges the child to be his own." (Emphasis added.)

The majority concludes that the statutory requirements have been…