Legal Opinion
Mobley v. Ishmael
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided July 30, 2001PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
—In a paternity and visitation proceeding pursuant to Family Court Act article 5, the petitioner appeals from an order of the Family Court, Kings County (Hepner, J.), dated April 3, 1998, which, without a hearing, granted the mother’s motion to dismiss the paternity and visitation petition on the ground of equitable estoppel.
Ordered that the order is affirmed, without costs or disbursements.
The petitioner, who is serving a sentence of 25 years to life imprisonment, waited until the subject child was eight years old before attempting to establish his paternity and visitation rights, and…
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