Oneida County Department of Social Services v. Joseph C.

Order unanimously reversed on the law without costs, petition reinstated, motion granted in part and matter remitted to Oneida County Family Court for further proceedings in accordance with the following Memorandum: Respondent stipulated to an order of filiation in 1991, when he was 21 years old, in the context of a proceeding in which petitioner alleged that the child’s mother was or was likely to become a public charge. The mother had provided a sworn statement to petitioner naming respondent as the father and indicating she had not had sexual relations with anyone other than respondent…