The Supreme Court has adopted a common law doctrine of “intent-based parentage” as a fifth way to establish parentage in Pennsylvania. In the case that was decided, a couple in a same-sex marriage had arranged to have a child through … Continue reading
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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 … Continue reading
That the decedent was named as the father of the claimant on her birth certificate, together with testimony that the decedent “held out” the claimant as his daughter by allowing her to reside with him when she was a child, … Continue reading
The administrator of an estate cannot require an alleged child of the decedent to take a DNA test, and the child may rely on the other factors in 20 Pa.C.S. § 2107(c) to establish paternity. Ackley, Sr. Estate, 10 Fid.Rep.3d … Continue reading
Petitioner presented sufficient evidence to show reasonable cause to believe that genetic testing would assist in a determination of paternity, and expert testimony to establish that exhumation of the decedent would provide viable tissue samples for DNA testing. Fox Estate, … Continue reading