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IN RE ESTATE OF PAKARINEN

No. 41833.

178 N.W.2d 714 (1970)

In re ESTATE of Peter PAKARINEN, Decedent. Dorothy Jeannette HIETALA, Appellant, v. The Heir of Peter PAKARINEN, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

June 19, 1970.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Greenberg & Greenberg, Eveleth, Maslon, Kaplan, Edelman, Borman, Brand & McNulty, and Richard A. Shors, and Fred R. Jacobberger, Minneapolis, for appellant.

Jack J. Litman, Edward W. Peterson, Duluth, for respondent.

Heard before KNUTSON, C. J., and ROGOSHESKE, SHERAN, FRANK T. GALLAGHER, and THEODORE B. KNUDSON, JJ.

OPINION

ROGOSHESKE, Justice.

Appeal from an order of the district court dismissing an appeal from the probate court.

The sole issue presented is whether Minn.St. 525.172, which prescribes the standard of proof necessary for an illegitimate child to inherit from his putative father who dies intestate, makes an unreasonable classification between legitimate children and illegitimate children in violation of the equal-protection clause of the Fourteenth...

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