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Belton v. Crudup
No. 060689Supreme Court of Virginia
060689 Belton v. Crudup 03/02/2007 In rejecting a petition to establish a parent-child relationship with a decedent whose estate is pending, the circuit court did not err in applying the requirements set forth…
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060689 Belton v. Crudup 03/02/2007 In rejecting a petition to establish a parent-child relationship with a decedent whose estate …
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060689 Belton v. Crudup 03/02/2007 In rejecting a petition to establish a parent-child relationship with a decedent whose estate is pending, the circuit court did not err in applying the requirements set forth in Code § 64.1-5.1(4) for a child born out of wedlock to share in the distribution of a putative parent's estate. The sole act of filing a list of heirs identifying petitioner as decedent's child did not toll the period during which an action seeking adjudication of the existence of the parent-child relationship was required to have been filed, and the petitioner cannot, as a matter of law, share in the settlement of the estate because no such action was commenced within one year of t…
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