Constance S. v. Steven A.

In a paternity proceeding, in which the respondent had been adjudged the father of the petitioner’s son Jonathan S., the petitioner appeals, by permission, from an order of the Family Court, Nassau County (Joseph, J.), dated June 25, 1986, which granted the respondent’s application to reopen the proceeding and to require the parties to submit to an human leucocyte antigen (HLA) blood test.

Ordered that the order is reversed and the application is denied, without costs or disbursements.

On February 17, 1978 the petitioner instituted a paternity proceeding against the respondent. The respondent…