Justin G. Dart v. Katrina Ahrens, as Independent Executor of the Estate of Lorne Ahrens, Deceased
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Does the Fourteenth Amendment's Equal Protection Clause permit a court to deny a child the right to adjudicate his rights under the Texas Uniform Parentage Act—which allows a child with no presumed, acknowledged, or adjudicated father to sue for parentage adjudication after the alleged father's death—because the child could not execute personal service on the deceased father?
Does the Fourteenth Amendment's Equal Protection Clause permit a court to deny a child the right to adjudicate his rights under the Texas Uniform Parentage Act— which allows a child with no presumed, acknowledged, or adjudicated father to sue for parentage adjudication after the alleged father's death—because the child could not execute personal service on the deceased father?