Legal Opinion
Goodrich v. Norman
New York City Family Court
Decided September 25, 1979PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Edith Miller, J.
The three issues before this court are (1) Does a petitioner father have the right to institute a paternity proceeding when he is not certain that he is the father; (2) Does the petitioner father have a right to a court order for the Human Leukocyte Antigen (HLA) test in addition to the standard ABO blood grouping test; and (3) Are the results of the HLA test admissible as evidence when the test does not exclude paternity. The history of the case is as follows.
On March 27, 1978 the Commissioner of Social Services filed a neglect petition in the Family Court…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Commissioner of Public Welfare v. KoehlerNew York Court of Appeals · 1940
- " Anonymous " v. " Anonymous "New York Court of Special Session · 1958
3Cited by13 opinions
- Department of Social Services ex rel. Sandra C. v. Thomas J. S.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1984
- Carlyon v. WeeksDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1980
- Crain v. CrainIdaho Supreme Court · 1983
- Klein v. FranksMichigan Court of Appeals · 1981
- Edward K. v. Marcy R.New York City Family Court · 1980
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