Case Name: Thacker et al. v. Butler, Administrator etc., et al.
Court: Supreme Court of Indiana
Jurisdiction: Indiana
Decision Date: 1962-09-05
Citations: 243 Ind. 543
Docket Number: No. 19,606
Parties: Thacker et al. v. Butler, Administrator etc., et al.
Judges: 
Reporter: Indiana Reports
Volume: 243
Pages: 543–544

Head Matter:
Thacker et al. v. Butler, Administrator etc., et al.
[No. 19,606.
Filed September 5, 1962,
Rehearing denied October 24, 1962. Transfer denied March 7, 1963.]
Grafton J. Kivett, of Martinsville and Albert W. Ewbank, of Indianapolis, for appellants.
Gilbert W. Butler, of Martinsville, for appellees.

Opinion:
Dissenting Opinion
Jackson, C. J.
— I would grant the petition to transfer for the following reasons:
A. The father acknowledged the son prior to his death, apparently long prior to the enactment of the 1953 Probate Code, Acts 1953, ch. 112, §207, p. 295, being §6-207, Burns', 1953 Replacement. Under the law . as it then existed, such acknowledgment accom plished everything that would be obtained under §6-207, Burns' 1953 Replacement, supra, hence the paternity was "established by law during the father's lifetime."
B. The construction of the statute in the Appellate Court opinion makes §6-207, Burns' 1953 Replacement, supra, retroactive.
Note. — Reported in 188 N. E. 2d .418.