Minnesota Life Insurance Co. v. Jones

In instant interpleader action to determine ownership of life insurance proceeds between sister of deceased and alleged son of deceased, Dist. Ct. did not err in awarding said proceeds to son, even though sister asserted that deceased, who died intestate and did not name beneficiary in policy, was homosexual and was therefore not father to said son. While sister argued that Dist. Ct. had erred in failing to require alleged son to take paternity test, Ill. Parentage Act created presumption that deceased was natural father to alleged son, where deceased and son’s mother had signed acknowledgement of paternity. Moreover, sister lacked standing under Parentage Act to challenge parentage order, and instant claim by sister was in essence claim under Parentage Act. Also, sister’s allegations regarding homosexuality of deceased was not conclusive evidence that deceased could not have been father of alleged son.