Legal Opinion
William M. v. Tompkins County Department of Social Services
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided February 24, 2011PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
—Kavanagh, J.
Appeal from an order of the Family Court of Tompkins County (Rowley, J.), entered May 5, 2009, which, among other things, dismissed petitioner’s application, in a proceeding pursuant to Family Ct Act article 6, to modify a prior order of custody and/or for custody of the subject child.
*1187Petitioner (hereinafter the father) had doubts regarding his paternity of a child born in 2002 to respondent Rebbecka N. (hereinafter the mother) and, as a result, when the mother filed a petition seeking custody of the child in March 2005, he defaulted and the mother was awarded custody. In June…
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