Roe v. Roe

I. Leo Glasses,, J.

In a proceeding commenced by a putative father to obtain a declaration of paternity and an order of filiation, the court, on its own motion, questioned the petitioner’s standing to originate the proceeding. The respondent mother is not represented by an attorney. The court designated a Law Guardian on behalf of the child to assist the court in resolving the question of standing insofar as the resolution of that question might also affect the interests of the child. (Family Ct. Act, § 249.)

Seducing the facts to their simplest terms, the respondent mother was married to one…