Connell v. A.B.’s Empirical Analysis
1984
Citation profile
1
cited by 1 later decisions
1
states following
November 1990
most recently cited
1 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Weber v. Aetna Casualty & Surety Co. · Trimble v. Gordon · Levy v. Louisiana Ex Rel. Charity Hospital · Gomez v. Perez · Lalli v. Lalli
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“as if he were the legitimate child of his father, if but only if, (1) the paternity of such child has been established by law, during the father's lifetime, or (2) if the putative father marries the mother of the child and acknowledges the child to be his own.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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