Legal Opinion
La Croix v. Deyo
New York City Family Court
Decided November 4, 1981PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Hugh R. Elwyn, J.
Ariel La Croix, the putative father of a child born out of wedlock on August 19,1973, to Debra Campbell Deyo, now deceased, brings this paternity proceeding to have himself declared to be the father of the child so that he may have standing to seek the child’s custody (Family Ct Act, § 511). Upon the mother’s death on October 13, 1980 the child’s custody devolved upon his stepfather, Richard Deyo, who is named as a respondent in his representative capacity as the administrator of the mother’s estate, but not individually.
The court having decided that the…
2Cases cited41 opinions
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- Bennett v. JeffreysNew York Court of Appeals · 1976
- Orr v. OrrSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Caban v. MohammedSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Lincoln v. LincolnNew York Court of Appeals · 1969
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3Cited by7 opinions
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