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ANONYMOUS CHILD v. DECEASED FATHER'S EMP.

377 N.E.2d 407 (1978)

ANONYMOUS CHILD, Appellant, v. DECEASED FATHER'S EMPLOYER, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Indiana, Second District.

June 20, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John A. Hovanec and John L. Kelly, Jr., Gary, for appellant.

Larry G. Evans and Karen L. Hughes, Chester, Clifford, Hoeppner & Houran, Valaparaiso, for appellee.

WHITE, Judge.

This appeal is from an award denying compensation to a posthumous unacknowledged illegitimate child whose father was killed in a compensable accident. Holding the acknowledgment requirement of the Workmen's Compensation Act unconstitutional, we reverse.

The full Industrial Board found that decedent is the father of the child, that he and the child's mother knew each other for approximately four months prior to his death; that they were planning...

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