Commissioner of Social Services ex rel. Queisser v. Abizeid

OPINION OF THE COURT

Jerome S. Medowar, J.

In this paternity proceeding, the court is faced with a fascinating issue of statutory construction of apparent first impression. At issue is whether results of a blood genetic *1007marker test administered to a putative father prior to his death in a paternity proceeding relating to a prior child of the same parties sufficiently supports petitioner’s standing under Family Court Act § 519 (c) to commence a new paternity proceeding involving another child of the same parties. Consistent with principles of statutory construction and in furtherance of the…