Section 26-17-8

Limitation on liability for education and support; when action for purposes of support may be brought; rights of inheritance and succession.

(a) The father's liabilities for past education and necessary support are limited to a period of two years next preceding the commencement of an enforcement action under this chapter unless an order of support has been previously entered.

(b) An action to determine paternity for the purposes of obtaining support shall not be brought after the child attains age 19.

(c) The provisions of this section and Section 26-17-6 do not extend the time within which a right of inheritance or a right to a succession may be asserted beyond the time provided by law relating to distribution and closing of decedents' estates or to the determination of heirship, or otherwise.

(Acts 1984, No. 84-244, p. 375, §8.)