Shepherd v. Skeete

Order of the Family Court, New York County (Leah Marks, F.C.J.), entered September 21, 1989, denying respondent Samuel T. Skeete, Jr.’s motion to vacate, or in the alternative, to renew/reargue an earlier declaration of paternity, is unanimously reversed, on the law, the facts and the exercise of discretion and the motion granted to the extent of holding the prior order of filiation in abeyance and the matter remanded for further proceedings in accordance with this decision, without costs or disbursements.

In this proceeding, initiated in October 1987, the Family Court heard testimony from the…