The following excerpt is from Joseph A. v. Gina L., 126 Misc.2d 63, 481 N.Y.S.2d 203 (N.Y. Fam. Ct. 1984):
The essential problem with these holdings is twofold. First, in the aftermath of Lalli v. Lalli, 439 U.S. 259, 99 S.Ct. 518, 58 L.Ed.2d 503 the New York legislature has greatly expanded the opportunities for an illegitimate child to inherit, even in the absence of an order of filiation
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