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IN RE ESTATE OF CHERKAS

No. 83-600-M.P.

506 A.2d 1029 (1986)

In re ESTATE OF Peter CHERKAS.

Supreme Court of Rhode Island.

March 25, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles H. McLaughlin, Providence, for plaintiff.

Joseph M. DiGianfilippo, Omer A. Sutherland, Sutherland & DiGianfilippo, Inc., Woonsocket, for defendant.

OPINION

WEISBERGER, Justice.

This case comes before us on a certified question propounded by the Superior Court, which question reads as follows:

"WHETHER G.L. 1956 (1969 REENACTMENT) § 33-1-8 VIOLATES THE EQUAL PROTECTION CLAUSE OF THE FOURTEENTH AMENDMENT TO THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION BY INVIDIOUSLY DISCRMINATING ON THE BASIS OF ILLEGITIMACY BECAUSE IT PROHIBITS AN ILLEGITIMATE CHILD FROM INHERITING FROM HIS NATURAL FATHER."

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