McGough v. Schenectady County Department of Social Services

—Peters, J.

Appeal from an order of the Family Court of Schenectady County (Griset, J.), entered June 9, 1998, which, inter alia, dismissed petitioner’s application, in a proceeding pursuant to Family Court Act article 6, for custody of his child.

On February 11, 1992, Wanda Drummond gave birth to a child named on the birth certificate as Rashawn Lammar Drummond. Petitioner, 62 years old at the time, was not listed as the father on the birth certificate and did not live with Drummond at the time of the birth. On July 15, 1993, the birth certificate was amended, listing petitioner as the father…