BELTON v. CRUDUP

Record No. 060689.

641 S.E.2d 74 (2007)

Cheryl BELTON v. Paula CRUDUP.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

March 2, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Glenn R. Croshaw (Robert L. Foley, Valerie B. Huber, William Drinkwater, Willcox & Savage, on briefs), Virginia Beach, for appellant.

Barry Randolph Koch (Vincent R. Olivieri, Inman & Strickler, on brief), Virginia Beach, for appellee.

Present: All the Justices.


OPINION BY Justice CYNTHIA D. KINSER.

In this appeal, we address the requirements set forth in Code § 64.1-5.1(4) for a child born out of wedlock to share in the distribution of a putative parent's estate. Specifically, we decide whether the sole act of filing a list of heirs that identifies an individual as the decedent's child tolls the period during which an action to adjudicate the existence of the parent-child...

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