Legal Opinion
MTR. OF SHONDEL J. v. Mark D.
New York Court of Appeals
Decided July 6, 2006PublishedCited by 190 opinions
POINTS OF COUNSEL
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Rosenblatt, J.
In this child support proceeding, we hold that a man who has mistakenly represented himself as a child’s father may be estopped from denying paternity, and made to pay child support, when the child justifiably relied on the man’s representation of paternity, to the child’s detriment. We reach this conclusion based on the best interests of the child as set forth by the Legislature.
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In January 1996, Shondel J. gave birth to a daughter in Guyana, where she then resided, and in a birth registration document named Mark D. as the father. Shondel and Mark had dated…
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