Legal Opinion
Wingate v. Estate of Ryan
Supreme Court of New Jersey
Decided May 19, 1997PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
COLEMAN, J.
The issue raised in this appeal is whether the twenty-three-year limitations period found in N.J.S.A. 9:17 — 45(b) of the New Jersey Parentage Act (“Parentage Act”), codified at N.J.SA 9:17-38 to - 59, applies to an intestacy action filed by a thirty-one-year-old claimant to prove parentage and heirship under N.J.S.A 3B:5-10 of the Administration of Estates — Decedents and Others Act. That statute, commonly referred to as the Probate Code, is codified at N.J.SA 3B:1-1 to 3B:29-1. In 1991, the Legislature amended section 5-10 of the Probate…
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