Legal Opinion

Bernadette K. v. Elizabeth B.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided February 20, 1997Published

1Opinion of the Court

—Orders, Family Court, Bronx County (Gloria Sosa-Lintner, J.), entered December 13, 1995, which, inter alia, adjudged and declared that respondent’s decedent is the father of the petitioner’s child nunc pro tunc as of December 21, 1990, the date of the original order of filiation vacated on January 31, 1994, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

The evidence is clear and convincing that the decedent had openly and notoriously acknowledged the child as his own (Family Ct Act § 519 [d]), and was the father of the child. To the extent the record raises legitimate issues of credibility, we see no…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Kimiecik ex rel. Tammie QQ. v. Mark RR.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1982

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