Matter of Estate of Smiley

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• children born out of wedlock had no right to share in father's estate before July 1, 1981, with the passage of Miss. Code Ann. § 91-1-15
• “Courts do not touch the constitutionality of a statute when it is unnecessary to do so under the particular facts of the case.”
• children born out of wedlock had no right to share in father's estate before July 1, 1981, with the passage of Miss. Code Ann. § 91-1-15

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