Rudman v. Rubenfeld

—Order, Family Court, New York County (Ruth Zuckerman, J.), entered on or about July 13, 1998, which, after a fact-finding hearing, dismissed the petition for a declaration of paternity on the ground of equitable estoppel, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

Petitioner’s application to establish that he was the biological father of the subject child was properly dismissed on the ground of equitable estoppel. The child was born in 1985 and the evidence duly credited by the hearing court demonstrated that, in the 11 years between the child’s birth and the filing of the instant petition,…