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EXHIBIT i.
Opinion and Consent of Counsel
The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc.
Hartford Plaza
Hartford, CT 06115
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Board of Directors
The Hartford Mutual Funds, Inc.
55 Farmington Avenue
Hartford, CT 06105
RE: HARTFORD SERIES FUND, INC.
POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NUMBER 8
FILE NO. 333-45431
Directors:
I have acted as counsel to Hartford Series Fund, Inc. (the "Company"),
a corporation organized under the laws of the State of Maryland, in connection
with its registration of an indefinite number of its shares of stock
representing interests in Global Communications HLS Fund, Global Financial
Services HLS Fund, Growth HLS Fund and Premium Focus HLS Fund of the Company
(the "Shares") under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. In this connection,
I have examined post-effective amendment number 8 to the registration statement
to be filed by you with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Form N-1A
(File No. 333-45431) (the "registration statement"). I am also familiar with the
actions taken by you at the board of directors meeting held on July 25, 2000 in
connection with the authorization, issuance and sale of the Shares.
I have examined such Company records, certificates and other documents
and reviewed such questions of law as we have considered necessary or
appropriate for purposes of this opinion. In my examination of such materials, I
have assumed the genuineness of all signatures and the conformity to the
original documents of all copies submitted to me. As to various questions of
fact material to our opinion, I have relied upon statements of officers and
representatives of the Company and upon representations of the Company made in
the registration statement.
Based upon the foregoing, I am of the opinion that the Shares, when
issued and sold in the manner described in the registration statement, will be
legally issued, fully paid and non-assessable.
I am an attorney licensed to practice only in Connecticut and Colorado.
I hereby consent to the inclusion of this opinion as an exhibit to the
registration statement. In giving this consent, I do not admit that I am in the
category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities
Act of 1933.
Sincerely,
Kevin J. Carr
