We hold that EPTL 4-1.2 (subd [a], par [2]) is not unconstitutional to the extent that it prescribes the entry during the father's lifetime of an order of filiation declaring paternity as a condition precedent for inheritance by an illegitimate child from his or her father.
In this case an illegitimate son, over 25 years of age at the time of his father's death, sought an order in Surrogate's...
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