DUDLEY, Justice.
The primary issue in this case is whether a statute which requires an illegitimate child to file a claim for her share of her father's estate within a shorter period of time than would be required for a legitimate child to do the same thing violates the equal protection clause of the fourteenth amendment. We uphold the constitutionality of such a statutory scheme and affirm the trial court.
On May 17, 1983, Steve Holmes died intestate, leaving...
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