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Legal Citation: 624 So.2d 553 (Ala 1993)

Appellant
Dennis Ray Tierce

Appellee
Sheila Ellis

Appellant's Claim
That the circuit court ruling that appellant was not the biological son of his father be reversed.

Chief Lawyer for Appellant
Borden M. Ray, Jr.

Chief Lawyer for Appellee
Dan M. Gibson

Justices for the Court
Oscar W. Adams, Jr., Sonny Hornsby, Gorman Houston (writing for the court), Mark Kennedy, Janie L. Shores

Justices Dissenting
Kenneth I. Ingram, Alva Hugh Maddox

Place
Montgomery, Alabama

Date of Decision
10 September 1993

Decision
That the rule of repose, which dictates that claims must be initiated within 20 years, applies to a illegitimacy claim, and that the lower court ruling therefore be reversed.

Significance
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