425 So. 2d 23 - Brown v. Johnson’s Empirical Analysis
1982
Citation profile
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cited by 1 later decisions
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states following
February 1988
most recently cited
1 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 335 So. 2d 261 - Gammon v. Cobb · 397 So. 2d 420 - Jordan v. State · Anderson v. Yunick
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“as required by law. The statute in question provides: For the purpose of intestate succession ... a person born out of wedlock is ... a lineal descendant of his father and is one of the natural kindred of all members of the father's family, if: ... . (b) The paternity of the father is established by an adjudication before or after the death of the father. (Emphasis added.) There is a strong presumption that a child born”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“is legitimate. To overcome that presumption the evidence must be clear and satisfactory and, in order to establish paternity after the death of the putative father, the evidence must be”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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