Commissioner of Social Services v. Bailey

Order, Family Court, New York County, entered May 27, 1980, dismissing this paternity and support proceeding on the call of the calendar for the petitioner’s assignor’s failure to appear in court, unanimously reversed, on the law, the petition reinstated, and the matter remanded to Family Court for further proceedings, without costs or disbursements. The mother of the child whose paternity was sought to be established and for whom support was sought is a welfare recipient under the Federally funded program of Aid to Families with Dependent Children. As a condition of eligibility she had to…