R.A.C. v. P.J.S.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

CUFF, J.A.D.

A year after being told that his youngest son, D.C., then thirty years of age, had been fathered by another man, R.A.C. (plaintiff) filed a complaint against P.J.S., Jr., (defendant) the natural father, pursuant to the Parentage Act.1 He also sought damages for emotional distress. Following DNA testing, an order establishing *101parentage was entered; a summary judgment awarded plaintiff $109,696.82 representing the funds expended by plaintiff to support and educate D.C.

On appeal, plaintiff contends that the judge should not have dismissed his…