Arnold v. Goosby

— Order unanimously reversed on the law without costs and matter remitted to Erie County Family Court for further proceedings on the petition in accordance with the following Memorandum: Family Court erred in finding that respondent’s stipulation to the entry of an order of protection against him in the context of a family offense proceeding pursuant to article 8 of the Family Court Act collaterally estopped him from contesting the issue of paternity raised in a collateral proceeding by separate petition. There is no identity of issue between the jurisdictional determination in a family…