TAXIERA v. MALKUS

No. 144, September Term, 1989.

320 Md. 471 (1990)

578 A.2d 761

ELAINE A. TAXIERA v. FREDERICK C. MALKUS, PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE OF THE ESTATE OF LEVI TRAVERS BROWN, JR.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

September 5, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George J. Goldsborough, Jr. (Mitchell J. Cornwell, Goldsborough & Tolley, all on brief), Easton, for appellant.

John Wheeler Glenn (Avery B. Berdit, Preston & Glenn, P.A., all on brief), Baltimore, for appellee.

Argued before MURPHY, C.J., ELDRIDGE, COLE, RODOWSKY, McAULIFFE and CHASANOW, and ADKINS, J. (retired).


MURPHY, Chief Judge.

This case involves the right of an after-born illegitimate child to establish the paternity of her deceased putative father.

I.

On July 30, 1987, Elaine Taxiera, a Delaware resident, filed a declaratory judgment action in the Circuit Court for Dorchester County against Frederick C. Malkus, the Personal Representative of the Estate of Levi Brown, Jr. Elaine sought a declaration under Maryland Code (1974), § 1-208 of the Estates...

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