South Carolina Department of Social Services ex rel. Bradford v. Starks

Order, Family Court, New York County (Jeffrey H. Gallet, J.), entered on or about April 1, 1993, which dismissed with prejudice a uniform support petition seeking establishment of paternity and an order for child support and medical coverage, unanimously reversed, on the law and the facts, respondent is adjudicated the father of the subject child and the matter is remitted to the Family Court for further proceedings, without costs and without disbursements.

Since the respondent has defaulted in appearance, the paternity affidavit, sworn to by the mother under penalty of perjury, is…