Genetic Testing Determinative of “Issue”

A claimant born during the marriage of the decedent and the person’s mother, and “held out” by the decedent as a child of the decedent, was nevertheless not an “issue” entitled to an intestate share of the decedent’s estate when genetic testing initiated by the claimant showed that the decedent was not his father. Estate of John Robert Rose, 1164 WDA 2022 (Pa. Super. 8/17/2023) (non-precedential).

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