SUCCESSION OF GRICE

No. 84-CA-1761.

462 So.2d 131 (1985)

SUCCESSION OF Charles Haskel GRICE.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Rehearing Denied February 21, 1985.

Dissenting Opinion February 20, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

H. Sanders O'Neal, Houma, for appellant.

Sam J. D'Amico, Ashton S. Stewart, Baton Rouge, Keith Whipple, Ernest Kelly, Houma, for appellee.


MARCUS, Justice.

This case presents a challenge to the constitutionality of La.Civ.Code art. 209 which requires illegitimate children who would inherit from their fathers by intestate succession to institute filiation proceedings within certain time limitations. Legitimate children are not subject to the same requirement.

Susan Marie Boudreaux was born Susan Marie Breaux on June 27, 1951, to Velma Vivian Breaux. The father's name was left blank on her birth...

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