Legal Opinion
Mills v. Habluetzel
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided April 5, 1982No. 80-6298PublishedCited by 308 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Rehnquist
This Court has held that once a State posits a judicially enforceable right of children to support from their natural fathers, the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment prohibits the State from denying that same right to illegitimate children. Gomez v. Perez, 409 U. S. 535 (1973). In this case we are required to determine the extent to which the right of illegitimate children recognized in Gomez may be circumscribed by a State’s interest in avoiding the prosecution of stale or fraudulent claims. The Texas Court of Civil Appeals, Thirteenth Supreme Judicial District, upheld…
2Cases cited22 opinions
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- Gomez v. PerezSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
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3Cited by308 opinions
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