Hawthorne v. Edward S.

The respondent in a proceeding to establish paternity and for support of a child claimed to have been born to petitioner on August 12, 1966 appeals from an order of the Family Court which adjudged him to be the father. (Family Ct. Act, § 511.) The proceeding is brought in petitioner’s name by the County Attorney, since she was a recipient of financial assistance from the Welfare Department of the county.

Petitioner testified to having been married in 1948, which relationship was terminated by an annulment in 1950. Additionally, it appears that she had three other children thereafter. She…