Lee v. Smith

The petition and the testimony submitted in support thereof present questions of fact and of law.

The testimony in this case presents an unusual situation. The petition alleges that the respondent is the son of the petitioner. The defense interposed by the respondent is that the petitioner i* not his mother; that she is in fact his sister.

*44To sustain- the petition, it devolves upon the moving party to establish relationship therein alleged. In the Domestic Relations Court of the City of New York, where a petitioner is a public charge, or likely to become a public charge, and is in straightened…