Commissioner of Social Services Ex Rel. Michelle W. v. Dwayne W.

Order, Family Court, New York County (Susan K. Knipps, J.), entered on or about August 21, 2015, which adjudged and declared that respondent is the father of the subject child, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

Family Court properly determined that it is in the child’s best interest to equitably estop respondent from having a DNA test to establish paternity (see Family Ct Act § 532 [a]). Clear and convincing evidence demonstrates that respondent held himself out as the father of the child and that the now 10-year-old child considers respondent to be his father (Matter of Shondel J. v Mark…