Legal Opinion
MATTER OF LUNA v. Dobson
New York Court of Appeals
Decided December 13, 2001PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Wesley, J.
Felicita Luna, a New York resident, twice went to the courts of Connecticut requesting a declaration that Dennis Dobson is the father of her child. As a result of a series of missteps by the Connecticut Attorney General, her champion in each matter, both proceedings were dismissed without ever hearing Luna’s claims. In this New York paternity proceeding the child’s putative father seeks to invoke one of the Connecticut proceedings as a total bar. We conclude that on these particular facts, under Connecticut law, that proceeding does not preclude Luna’s New York…
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