Legal Opinion
Bacon v. Bacon
New York Court of Appeals
Decided February 15, 1979PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
2Per curiam
The order of the Appellate Division should be affirmed, with costs.
Section 516 of the Family Court Act permits a mother and putative father, upon fulfillment of certain requirements, to enter into a binding agreement for the support of their out-of-wedlock child. Complete performance of such an agreement "bars other remedies of the mother or child for the support and education of the child” (Family Ct Act, § 516, subd c). Because this rule differs from the principles governing support of legitimate children, plaintiffs mother and child claim the statute is constitutionally…
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