Amy J. v. Brian K.

Appeal, by permission, from an order of the Family Court of Schenectady County (Reilly, Jr., J.), entered March 20, 1989, which granted petitioner’s application, in a proceeding pursuant to Family Court Act article 5, to adjudicate respondent as the father of petitioner’s child.

Petitioner gave birth to a child out of wedlock on July 2, 1987. A human leucocyte antigen (hereinafter HLA) blood tissue test showed the probability of respondent’s paternity to be 95.97%. Holding credibility to be an important issue, Family Court found that petitioner’s testimony was supported by other evidence in…