Legal Opinion

Matter of Kwame M. v. Jennifer A.

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

Decided December 31, 2014No. 2013-05394Published

1Opinion of the Court

Appeal from an order of the Family Court, Queens County (Margaret P. McGowan, J.), dated May 1, 2013. The order dismissed, without a hearing, the putative father’s petition for an order of filiation.

Ordered that the appeal is dismissed, without costs or disbursements.

The putative father commenced this proceeding, requesting that genetic testing be performed to determine whether he was the biological father of the subject child. Over objection by the putative father and the mother, the Family Court dismissed the putative father’s petition without a hearing. The mother appeals.

Following the…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Santosky v. KramerSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
  2. Matter of Davina R.M.R.L. (Jennifer A.)Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2014
  3. Ernest Y. v. Orange County Department of Social ServicesAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2004
  4. Matter of Stephen Daniel A. (Sandra M.)Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2014

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