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[For the entire collection see Zbl 0869.00011.] The following free-boundary problem for a nonlinear parabolic equation \[ u_{xx} - \alpha (u)u_t = f(x,t,u,u_x), \] \[ au(0,t)-bu_x(0,t)=\psi (t),\quad a, b \geq 0, \quad a+b>0,\quad u(s(t),t)=u_x(s(t),t)=0 \] is considered in the domain \(D=\{(x,t)\mid 0<x<S(t),\;0<t<T\}\). The task is to find a pair \((u, S)\) to the above problem under the conditions \(S(0)=0\), \(u(0,0)=0\) so as \(S'(t)>0\). Using the maximum principle, the authors prove that the problem has a unique solution. An existence result is obtained by means of a coordinate transformation that allows to apply the classical theory of parabolic equations.