Legal Opinion

Snyder v. Davis

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided July 12, 1976PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Order unanimously affirmed, without costs. Memorandum: In this filiation proceeding petitioner appeals from a Family Court order which dismissed her petition. The trial court properly found that petitioner’s uncorroborated and sometimes contradictory testimony did not meet the standard of presenting "entirely satisfactory evidence” to create a genuine belief that the respondent is the father of the child (Matter of Rebmann v Muldoon, 23 AD2d 163, 164). Petitioner has had a total of eight children by at least three different men, only one of whom is her legal husband. She speculated that…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. People v. FarinaAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1909
  2. Hawthorne v. Edward S.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1969
  3. Commissioner of Welfare v. WendtlandAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1966
  4. Rebmann v. MuldoonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1965
  5. Edick v. MartinAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1970

3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Department of Social Services ex rel. Thompson v. DinkinsNew York Family Court · 1981
  2. Erie County Department of Social Services ex rel. Deborah A. R. v. Felix M. C.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1994
  3. Hardenbrook v. FarleyAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1987

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