Stebbins

This is an appeal from a judgment in an action by the guardian of Mark Bradford Imerman, a minor, against Lewis A. Imerman, the executor of the estate of Harold M. Imerman, deceased, to establish a claim against the estate based upon a judgment against the deceased for the support of the minor in a filiation action. Judgment was given in favor of plaintiff for $18,000. She appeals.

In 1967 plaintiff obtained a judgment in the Superior Court of Los Angeles County in which the court determined that Harold M. Imerman was the father of the minor, and ordered Imerman to pay to plaintiff $300 per month for the support and maintenance of the minor. Imerman died soon afterward and the estate was ordered to pay a family allowance of $300 per month for the support of the minor pending distribution of the estate. After being substituted as defendant in the filiation action, the executor obtained a modification of the support order to $250 per month commencing on July 1, 1967, and continuing until further order of the court. Plaintiff filed a timely claim for $200,000 in the estate for support of the minor, which claim was rejected. She then instituted this action against the…