Fykes v. Clark

AKER, Justice.

This case involves the determination of the rights of an illegitimate minor, born subsequent to the death of his putative father, as to whether the minor is an heir at law of the putative father and thus entitled to share in the estate of the decedent.

Eudeen Clark, Administratrix of the estate of Roy Lee Fykes, initiated this action in the Allen Circuit Court via a Petition for a Declaration of Rights, wherein she asked the court to determine whether Joseph Lee Fykes, an illegitimate minor, is an heir at law of the decedent, Roy Lee Fykes.

The trial court found that (1) Roy L.…