Thompson v. Coates

*378OPINION

CANTRELL, Judge.

This case involves a question of jurisdiction of the Chancery Court to establish paternity under T.C.A. § 31-206 and questions of laches and the relevant statute of limitations for such actions.

Section 31-206 of the Tennessee Code Annotated, enacted in 1977 and amended in 1978, provides, in pertinent part, as follows:

If, for purposes of intestate succession, a relationship of parent and child must be established to determine succession by, through, or from a person,

⅜ * ⅜ * * *(2) In cases not covered by (1), a person born out of wedlock is a child of the mother. That…