Legal Opinion
David G. v. Maribel G.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided March 20, 2012PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Order, Family Court, New York County (Gloria Sosa-Lintner, J.), entered on or about July 22, 2010, which dismissed petitioner’s paternity petition with prejudice, unanimously affirmed, without costs.
The court properly found that it was in the child’s best interests to equitably estop petitioner from claiming paternity (Family Ct Act § 532 [a]). The record shows that petitioner had waited eight years before commencing the proceeding, and failed to communicate with the child or provide financial support. In addition, another man was listed on the child’s birth certificate and the child believed…
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