Herndon v. Robinson

MARTIN (Harry C.), Judge.

Plaintiff challenges the constitutionality of N.C.G.S. 29-19 (1976 & Cum. Supp. 1981), which permits an illegitimate child to inherit by, through and from his putative father if proof of paternity has been established by any one of the following methods: (1) a judicial decree entered during the life of the putative father; (2) the father’s written admission of paternity “executed or acknowledged before a certifying officer named in G.S. 52-10(b) and filed during his own lifetime and the child’s lifetime” in the appropriate office of the clerk of superior court; (3)…