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VINCENT v. SUTHERLAND

No. 60132.

691 P.2d 85 (1984)

Barbara Lynn VINCENT, Appellee, v. Donald L. SUTHERLAND; Clara Fern Smith; Dale Fields; Margaret Ann Sell; Billy Fields; Betty Peaslee and Janet Pantle McCall, Appellants.

Court of Appeals, State of Oklahoma, Division No. 4.

Rehearing Denied September 21, 1984.

Certiorari Denied November 27, 1984.

Released for Publication November 29, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles W. Wolfe, Billings, Wolfe & Billings, Woodward, for appellee.

F. Lovell McMillin, S. Brent Bahner, Fischl, Culp, McMillin, Kern, Chaffin & Long, Ardmore, for appellants.

Released for Publication by Order of Court of Appeals November 29, 1984.

BRIGHTMIRE, Judge.

In order to receive a larger share of an estate, the appealing defendants want us to hold that a person born to an unwed mother is not the child of that woman. But we cannot do it. Reality, reason, fairness and the federal constitution prevent it. To the contrary, we affirm the trial court's rational decision to the effect that...

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