Legal Opinion
Rainey v. Chever
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided January 19, 1999No. S98A1518PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Hunstein, Justice.
Twenty-year-old DeAndre Bernard Hamilton was killed in an automobile accident in August 1997. Hamilton was born out of wedlock to his mother, appellant Rainey. Chever is Hamilton’s biological father as his paternity was judicially established in January 1979. In November 1997, Rainey filed an action to have Chever’s rights of inheritance severed under OCGA § 53-4-5 (b) (2). That statute was recodified in substantial part effective January 1, 1998 as OCGA § 53-2-4 (b) (2) and precludes the father of a child born out of wedlock from inheriting from the child if he failed or…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Craig v. BorenSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Reed v. ReedSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- United States v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1996
- Parham v. HughesSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Miller v. AlbrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1998
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3Cited by4 opinions
- Palmer v. BertrandSupreme Court of Georgia · 2001
- In Re Estate of GarrettCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2000
- Rainey v. CheverSupreme Court of the United States · 1999
- Rainey v. CheverSupreme Court of the United States · 1999