Pringle v. Shannon’s Empirical Analysis

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3 state decisions

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1. “¶ 24. The Court of Appeals stated: It is true that illegitimate children do have the right to inherit from their natural fathers. Holloway v. Jones, 492 So.2d 573, 574 (Miss.1986); Larsen, 447 So.2d at 1283 ; Trimble v. Gordon, 430 U.S. 762, 776 , 97 S.Ct. 1459 , 52 L.Ed.2d 31 (1977). Nonetheless, the illegitimate child must prove paternity by clear and convincing evidence. Miss.Code Ann. § 91 — 1—15(3)(c) (Rev.1994); Gusta, 540 So.2d at 33; Larsen, 447 So.2d at 1283 ; Crosby, 195 So.2d at 71; Hulitt, 220 Miss, at 832, 72 So.2d at 206. Further, the child must make his claim to the estate of his father within one year from the time of his father’s death. Miss. Code Ann. § 91-1-15 (Rev.1991). However, Pringle’s situation would fit into the amended section of the statute which reads: A remedy is hereby created in favor of all illegitimates having any claim existing prior to July 1,1981, concerning the estate of an intestate whose death occurred prior to such date by or on behalf of an illegitimate or an alleged illegitimate child to inherit from or through its natural father.... [The claim] shall be brought within three years from and after July 1, 1981, and such time period shall run notwithstanding the minority of a child. Id. Clearly, Pringle did not bring her claim in the statutorily prescribed time limit and therefore is barred from now bringing this claim over fourteen years late.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Prout v. Williams · Estate of McCullough v. Yates