IN RE ESTATE OF DELARA

No. 21,592.

38 P.3d 198 (2001)

131 N.M. 430

2002-NMCA-004

In the Matter of the ESTATE OF Paul E. DELARA, Deceased. Application for Formal Appointment of Personal Representative, and Jonathan Niles Kesterson, a minor, and Sarah Ashley Kesterson, a minor, Represented by their Mother, Margaret Kesterson, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Rosemary M. DELARA, Personal Representative of the Estate of Paul E. DeLara, Deceased, Defendant-Appellee.

Court of Appeals of New Mexico.

Certiorari Denied January 8, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kim E. Kaufman, Albuquerque, NM, for Appellant.

Alan R. Rackstraw, Placitas, NM, for Appellee.


Certiorari Denied, No. 27,278, January 8, 2002.

OPINION

BOSSON, Chief Judge.

{1} In this appeal we determine whether the Uniform Parentage Act (UPA), NMSA 1978, §§ 40-11-1 to -23 (1986, as amended through 2001), allows children born outside of marriage to obtain past and future child support from their father's estate. The district court ruled against that claim because no action for paternity or child support had been filed before...

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