In the Interest of J. A. M.

GREENHILL, Chief Justice.

The question in this paternity suit is the constitutionality of a one-year statute of limitation set out below.

The Court of Civil Appeals sitting at Fort Worth held the statute to be unconstitutional. 605 S.W.2d 332. Other courts of civil appeals had held the statute constitutional. Texas Dept. of Human Resources v. Hernandez, 595 S.W.2d 189 (Tex.Civ.App.—Corpus Christi 1980, no writ); and Texas Dept. of Human Resources v. Chapman, 570 S.W.2d 46 (Tex.Civ.App.—Dallas 1978, writ ref’d n.r.e.). We granted the writ of error to resolve the conflicts.

After oral argument to…