Washington v. Fields

—In a proceeding pursuant to Family Court Act article 5 for an order of filiation, the petitioner appeals from an order of the Family Court, Kings County (Porzio, J.), dated December 17, 1999, which granted that branch of the motion of the respondent Edith Fields which was to dismiss the petition as untimely pursuant to Family Court Act § 517.

Ordered that the order is reversed, on the law, with costs, the petition is reinstated, and the matter is remitted to the Family Court, Kings County, for a hearing on the issue of whether the proceeding was timely commenced to Family Court Act § 517.

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