Matter of John S. v. Imari W.

Order, Family Court, New York County (Douglas E. Hoffman, J.), entered on or about August 5, 2013, which granted the motion of respondent Kwamel B. to dismiss the petition of John S. for a declaration of paternity of the subject child, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

The court properly determined that it was in the best interests of the child to equitably estop petitioner from asserting paternity (see Matter of Shondel J. v Mark D., 7 NY3d 320, 326 [2006]). The evidence shows that petitioner has failed to establish any kind of meaningful bond during the child’s life, that the child…