Matter of Christian N. v. Shante Jovan B.

Order, Family Court, Bronx County (Peter J. Passidomo, J.), entered on or about August 26, 2014, as amended October 17, 2014, which, after a hearing, granted petitioner’s motion for genetic marker testing, unanimously reversed, on the law, without costs, and the motion denied.

It is in the child’s best interests to equitably estop petitioner from seeking genetic marker testing to determine if he is the biological father of the child (see Matter of Jesus R.C. v Karen J.O., 126 AD3d 445, 445-446 [1st Dept 2015], lv denied 25 NY3d 906 [2015]). Although petitioner testified that he questioned…