Department of Social Services ex rel. Beatrice V. P. v. Trustum C. D.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
In a filiation proceeding, petitioner appeals, as limited by her brief, from so much of an order of the Family Court, Nassau County (decision by Comstock, J.; order by Dempsey, J.), entered September 29, 1981, as dismissed the petition. Order affirmed insofar as appealed from, without costs or disbursements. On the record before us, we find ample support for the finding that petitioner did not meet her burden of establishing paternity by clear and convincing evidence and we perceive no basis for substituting our judgment for that of the Trial Judge who saw and heard the witnesses (see Mdtter…
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