Legal Opinion
Ganim v. Roberts
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided August 11, 1987No. 12937PublishedCited by 39 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSpallone, J.
This case concerns the inheritance rights of a putative father in the estate of a deceased child. The dispositive issue is whether a putative father may establish his paternity under General Statutes § 46b-172a after the child dies. Because we conclude *761that § 46b-172a, when read in its entirety, contemplates that an adjudication of paternity take place during the lifetime of the child in question, we hold that a putative father cannot rely on this statute to establish paternity after the death of the child. We further hold that such an interpretation of § 46b-172a does not impermissibly…
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