Greene v. Giles

In a paternity proceeding pursuant to Family Court Act article 5, Vernard Greene appeals from an order of the Family Court, Kings County (Freeman, J.), dated May 30, 2000, which denied his motion to vacate an order of filiation of the same court, dated June 18, 1999, entered on his consent.

Ordered that the order is reversed, on the law, without costs or disbursements, and the matter is remitted to the Family Court, Kings County, for a hearing in accordance herewith.

The child whose paternity is the subject of this proceeding was born in 1994. In March 1998, the petitioner commenced this…