Supreme Court· 4/5/1982

Mills v. Habluetzel

Citations

456 U.S. 91
102 S. Ct. 1549
71 L. Ed. 2d 770
1982 U.S. LEXIS 93
50 U.S.L.W. 4372

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declaring unconstitutional a Texas law requiring that paternity suit be brought before a child reaches age of one year
applying intermediate scrutiny and invalidating one-year statute of limitations for paternity suits brought on behalf of out of wedlock children
applying heightened scrutiny to one-year period for establishing paternity and finding that it failed to provide illegitimate children with an adequate opportunity to obtain parental support
striking as “unrealistically short” a one-year time limit on bringing paternity suits for children born out of wedlock
striking down as unconstitutional a Texas one-year statute of limitations on paternity suits brought on behalf of illegitimate children
striking down a Texas one-year statute of limitations for paternity actions as a denial of equal protection

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Judges: Rehnquist, Burger, Brennan, White, Marshall, Blackmun, Stevens, O'Connor, Powell

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