Gerhardt v. Estate of Moore

CALLOW, WILLIAM G., J.

(dissenting). I dissent and maintain that we should affirm our earlier decision in this case, Gerhardt v. Estate of Moore, 139 Wis. 2d 833, 407 N.W.2d 895 (1987). The analysis in that opinion was correct and it is not affected in any way by the United States Supreme Court decision in Clark v. Jeter, 108 S. Ct. 1910 (1988).

The majority is wrong in concluding that the principles set forth in Clark require us to find that the child in this case was denied the equal protection of law. Clark *578dealt with a six-year statute of limitations for bringing paternity and child support…