Carol S. v. Gerard D.

Order, Family Court, Bronx County (Alma Cordova, J.), entered on or about March 22, 2000, which denied respondent’s motion to dismiss this paternity proceeding on the ground of equitable estoppel, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

The record in this paternity proceeding discloses that petitioner, respondent, petitioner’s husband and the child have for some time shared the belief that respondent is the child’s *378biological father; that maintaining the secret of her paternity has been stressful and frustrating to the teenage child who desires respondent to openly take responsibility for her…